tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37914854876974824802024-03-12T20:37:21.379-07:00Now Don't Get Me StartedA running dialogue of my life...family, friends, work....and the craziness I sometimes see and hear.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256803031351067982noreply@blogger.comBlogger993125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3791485487697482480.post-39691640369110676302023-08-15T08:21:00.004-07:002023-08-15T08:21:40.832-07:00Follansbee Inn 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> We had our "Last Hurrah" this weekend, with a little getaway in our own home state. We'd been to the Follansbee Inn before and found it so delightful we decided to go back.</p><p style="text-align: center;">But first, we spent the day at Mount Sunapee State Park.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaPd3rvdNOwrQe7iTENdkRD1kir4HCarwJdTk05azywyRAUaGKe0f-vtAiXS9xmUtq0p2gtPiYFqE9wT9AIYSnbjtrVBNqBTFfYG0Pl2mDc2TCeEuDs0ePU0xM-jG6wI_8EIvvMUsG7H9sdAgL8IJoRRnAk6D_xUt4F157Jeb5mJDZ0L6v8dZZHogvnI/s4032/20230813_130036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaPd3rvdNOwrQe7iTENdkRD1kir4HCarwJdTk05azywyRAUaGKe0f-vtAiXS9xmUtq0p2gtPiYFqE9wT9AIYSnbjtrVBNqBTFfYG0Pl2mDc2TCeEuDs0ePU0xM-jG6wI_8EIvvMUsG7H9sdAgL8IJoRRnAk6D_xUt4F157Jeb5mJDZ0L6v8dZZHogvnI/w480-h640/20230813_130036.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Park is only about an hour from the house. Despite that fact, I hadn't been there since I was a child.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Aunt Izy and Uncle Lucien would occasionally take me and my siblings out for the day, and Mount Sunapee was one of those places. I remembered taking a gondola up the mountain and hiking around the top. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUv6EBhtA1f9-fkyOdUuQQFD2PCGqkHF_xoOdDPqwoToo43oiWu0eNy2cXCyTSG53Xz93T9sx_Kmt_ryVt9p50qQKqn0__mdM-42ROivKP89OmxnC7yvTxNuNMfUIpdLEysxa_2NMyi738Cn2F5_ryPctUEolCHG_iwFYtlZjLjLwX5YwwPpFrzpGFnY/s3042/20230813_133731%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3042" data-original-width="2554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUv6EBhtA1f9-fkyOdUuQQFD2PCGqkHF_xoOdDPqwoToo43oiWu0eNy2cXCyTSG53Xz93T9sx_Kmt_ryVt9p50qQKqn0__mdM-42ROivKP89OmxnC7yvTxNuNMfUIpdLEysxa_2NMyi738Cn2F5_ryPctUEolCHG_iwFYtlZjLjLwX5YwwPpFrzpGFnY/w538-h640/20230813_133731%20(2).jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They don't have that kind of gondola anymore, just chair lifts. The chair lift kind of scared Hubby a little, but he bravely tried it and loved it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizynqnbLA7uba0bWyX-tryuGNiygnwB5GKRAUARegUtiKF94uA4lG4-GGvnW_-wjbjiWhOkEr5m51XvD5WVY04JtCd-ePC2SLvb9w8SYg-iOo3k7KqiZB7_FCYUVdkSCOt_hl8ScavOMIEnrvnnP47-M0kQGAl0eXbuxDWB4Jh0Ko_GFCg48idL2TM21g/s4032/20230813_115849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizynqnbLA7uba0bWyX-tryuGNiygnwB5GKRAUARegUtiKF94uA4lG4-GGvnW_-wjbjiWhOkEr5m51XvD5WVY04JtCd-ePC2SLvb9w8SYg-iOo3k7KqiZB7_FCYUVdkSCOt_hl8ScavOMIEnrvnnP47-M0kQGAl0eXbuxDWB4Jh0Ko_GFCg48idL2TM21g/w480-h640/20230813_115849.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuTik3LrEWyD9hssrQpH0t1RiUtPDsp_-geTk9u_CaHrGrbj6Tqz7Q5xbv0TtG_u7xl5OlRKzN1mXQpUUFcbldo1IQspTpbhe5ZYS8mhH9CKru9rzyNBa0SyubhPOcATdv0jTswT5Q5R5uzj0LEgRILn1kMM_6U48qn33rAYJLzk6FNX2rKp3vgRT-kg/s4032/20230813_121631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuTik3LrEWyD9hssrQpH0t1RiUtPDsp_-geTk9u_CaHrGrbj6Tqz7Q5xbv0TtG_u7xl5OlRKzN1mXQpUUFcbldo1IQspTpbhe5ZYS8mhH9CKru9rzyNBa0SyubhPOcATdv0jTswT5Q5R5uzj0LEgRILn1kMM_6U48qn33rAYJLzk6FNX2rKp3vgRT-kg/w480-h640/20230813_121631.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view from the top was stunning!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsp1RsZZXge4ehqoI9T5ODOS7sx6x7WabotLq_2ooLI2ZgVfnOtW9KpzHiavfVFa7PDjO2htR0bb8IyiWgB-Ygk80-E9SsHpPilfC_t99TR8eiOiDVrAAqm1VJov1tuoMb9irECBX954AFbnvH3F7ST_T2S1bBXQ0jpXaRt13cp23sjivkTqT5z37VM8/s4032/20230813_122102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsp1RsZZXge4ehqoI9T5ODOS7sx6x7WabotLq_2ooLI2ZgVfnOtW9KpzHiavfVFa7PDjO2htR0bb8IyiWgB-Ygk80-E9SsHpPilfC_t99TR8eiOiDVrAAqm1VJov1tuoMb9irECBX954AFbnvH3F7ST_T2S1bBXQ0jpXaRt13cp23sjivkTqT5z37VM8/w640-h480/20230813_122102.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a little lunch at the top before making our way back down. The views coming down were even more amazing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwg6sj2bHlUawsWX2wGOk0eZgfGHV7M9m_0FyVGT0pSIdahPHWbSZGn5wWHzj05IzWnHNwTlJz_R3YYysZb4GY462St-Y4WyDltq-QE26JOFIez7_3IwwItxX5_-X3XJ3WFqA3jJYU2PMvBD00E_3CohMp-4kxX_i1a6cfDoHQGmJopa1OgHIDVQ1gkc/s4032/20230813_130331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwg6sj2bHlUawsWX2wGOk0eZgfGHV7M9m_0FyVGT0pSIdahPHWbSZGn5wWHzj05IzWnHNwTlJz_R3YYysZb4GY462St-Y4WyDltq-QE26JOFIez7_3IwwItxX5_-X3XJ3WFqA3jJYU2PMvBD00E_3CohMp-4kxX_i1a6cfDoHQGmJopa1OgHIDVQ1gkc/w480-h640/20230813_130331.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVMNhvk26tArHjFzLlPcezL5Uj5rauO0MEmcXbFoUG4rkdKVh-q_PAxWFtTc3j8f4E4t2gltmJLXTL70GSJmVFOtpZyXyYOTfdvzdB5GLyDbQ3tsjIGSKI7qDTyHVYWczy59FNwWRRWkFukbSZie_RYoDWl4GWf5C0_ZnRCwaGogisObvwUt9N8P7frA/s4032/20230813_130353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVMNhvk26tArHjFzLlPcezL5Uj5rauO0MEmcXbFoUG4rkdKVh-q_PAxWFtTc3j8f4E4t2gltmJLXTL70GSJmVFOtpZyXyYOTfdvzdB5GLyDbQ3tsjIGSKI7qDTyHVYWczy59FNwWRRWkFukbSZie_RYoDWl4GWf5C0_ZnRCwaGogisObvwUt9N8P7frA/w480-h640/20230813_130353.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9lg6782Nb7HSbAWOj1HhFfKruHOs-PcKVLWakexJUcru9N4-zmYOaEBbFEiFgWPK0RaJ6H_XW4_fh_1Qck9k_SeMN14Wm0rfWhkL1uI1O2T2JtFp4Q7F_XGLQEXbiib4GizhmUkWPmv5uUs8N5nXlmmL7a9hK2N-K6NIFXhZFW9uECCLArnTANaLw0w/s4032/20230813_131054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9lg6782Nb7HSbAWOj1HhFfKruHOs-PcKVLWakexJUcru9N4-zmYOaEBbFEiFgWPK0RaJ6H_XW4_fh_1Qck9k_SeMN14Wm0rfWhkL1uI1O2T2JtFp4Q7F_XGLQEXbiib4GizhmUkWPmv5uUs8N5nXlmmL7a9hK2N-K6NIFXhZFW9uECCLArnTANaLw0w/w480-h640/20230813_131054.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We had also booked a boat ride around Lake Sunapee. The weather wasn't ideal, but we managed to avoid any heavy rain and stayed up on the top deck most of the time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of three very small lighthouses. Lake Sunapee is the only lake in NH that still has working lighthouses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21bpBaYeyJa2bt7dCbDBedJQWA7XCvqeJuyVoKj5Lac9mub8zicRQbYJV9saWcljfz2aWbWcqkgY9ED_ogFd5zuhN0PposCOcSX_xgklgAeQtk0qaTgS8sfukC9-kVbvcegKzNWfGWjKH4QbADU-CXv2O7_QnVfpQ-IN8eX7q7SdA7vQGIQ7B4iqAZuU/s4032/20230813_141158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21bpBaYeyJa2bt7dCbDBedJQWA7XCvqeJuyVoKj5Lac9mub8zicRQbYJV9saWcljfz2aWbWcqkgY9ED_ogFd5zuhN0PposCOcSX_xgklgAeQtk0qaTgS8sfukC9-kVbvcegKzNWfGWjKH4QbADU-CXv2O7_QnVfpQ-IN8eX7q7SdA7vQGIQ7B4iqAZuU/w480-h640/20230813_141158.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A view of Mt. Sunapee from the Lake. We ate our lunch right near that tower at the top.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEfv6QDHD0sC8x9tnypqr1VI3-QJNmM8yd96QMtCbMes-6xlrDppqokBoy2lnDijQ0C6_CjOChep1YQ6FviwVWn4U0cTCW9_ji9EmPS7t2X0JMcrvPGt8zApJ-X0eBBeOHfpmgvzjibQ1Ls68mhQGi5Pn9ytUjmigrgvM9os3FB27fP027AUrEo8I6gc/s4032/20230813_141301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEfv6QDHD0sC8x9tnypqr1VI3-QJNmM8yd96QMtCbMes-6xlrDppqokBoy2lnDijQ0C6_CjOChep1YQ6FviwVWn4U0cTCW9_ji9EmPS7t2X0JMcrvPGt8zApJ-X0eBBeOHfpmgvzjibQ1Ls68mhQGi5Pn9ytUjmigrgvM9os3FB27fP027AUrEo8I6gc/w480-h640/20230813_141301.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeDI-Y0qBclMURJ6IUx6359ywlijZm_zAp4WanjiDSxKSOvI5CdL9yR5thOBAZtZ80jFF7ZOuyfOd_mbkho8JWKor9bYrSLsiQb4Zsc827-svRXIfr6IpXX_kSEkfh5qjUq-qRKvVuIhPRelYtTAVK2viLlSK212Jz5ApR_QxO6xO_qrK4WAZkl6569M/s4032/20230813_143622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeDI-Y0qBclMURJ6IUx6359ywlijZm_zAp4WanjiDSxKSOvI5CdL9yR5thOBAZtZ80jFF7ZOuyfOd_mbkho8JWKor9bYrSLsiQb4Zsc827-svRXIfr6IpXX_kSEkfh5qjUq-qRKvVuIhPRelYtTAVK2viLlSK212Jz5ApR_QxO6xO_qrK4WAZkl6569M/w640-h480/20230813_143622.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A most idyllic cottage on the lake.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUkM4bC5Ipfp3xlgKqbBKoQkQkPchUvteO86376a7QFiI74z1RskUAKny5qlFjpweTk85OuXbmyV4yXXq_w8tcfbKzfaCBOmGcRQjyOLEPMPieAPO-4IfLvXhI5r6pUutTvCQOJS3YNcdvV1gaVEpWTGLqRNj6gMsYYwEZ1Cu68HCvSTRDG_1mtma9eY/s4032/20230813_145025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUkM4bC5Ipfp3xlgKqbBKoQkQkPchUvteO86376a7QFiI74z1RskUAKny5qlFjpweTk85OuXbmyV4yXXq_w8tcfbKzfaCBOmGcRQjyOLEPMPieAPO-4IfLvXhI5r6pUutTvCQOJS3YNcdvV1gaVEpWTGLqRNj6gMsYYwEZ1Cu68HCvSTRDG_1mtma9eY/w480-h640/20230813_145025.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The biggest most beautiful house on the Lake. They own the entire point.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzBf1DkFeEwbbSJaz09w_W7YGpLtNhubmthC2sIclYT7U0NJWxB3fFmt0lh2CB0rH6j4JUwPEqF7bLWdQVsjNpxXOBMLq4WktJlQUWztQzZV_BXzNB3__r1CeRgpG540frWfxvnkzo0eWqhElzSJLDg60F2l6ggwg__7wPhM_iwa3plZUUSimKOtwE-Y/s4032/20230813_150714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzBf1DkFeEwbbSJaz09w_W7YGpLtNhubmthC2sIclYT7U0NJWxB3fFmt0lh2CB0rH6j4JUwPEqF7bLWdQVsjNpxXOBMLq4WktJlQUWztQzZV_BXzNB3__r1CeRgpG540frWfxvnkzo0eWqhElzSJLDg60F2l6ggwg__7wPhM_iwa3plZUUSimKOtwE-Y/w640-h480/20230813_150714.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Steven Tyler's House</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynmwcoTpQg4X-RiE3Wb9Vinl_zrSd8VOdG2stxVP3iif6iFt9HoszWn7NZk7pyD1liNDF7K97HC_ztyGMdAzWycq6HnsBoFLlMQfS-hvqzvQLr53xQ5aRtxaSiwHOE86PUxFQvjmqgkVy6sLzkONwC-pFdrS1GJbuAJ4Ol7Z4m0h2jeBCA_HeMEC0UM8/s3705/20230813_141027%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3705" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynmwcoTpQg4X-RiE3Wb9Vinl_zrSd8VOdG2stxVP3iif6iFt9HoszWn7NZk7pyD1liNDF7K97HC_ztyGMdAzWycq6HnsBoFLlMQfS-hvqzvQLr53xQ5aRtxaSiwHOE86PUxFQvjmqgkVy6sLzkONwC-pFdrS1GJbuAJ4Ol7Z4m0h2jeBCA_HeMEC0UM8/w522-h640/20230813_141027%20(2).jpg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finally made our way over to the Follansbee Inn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-puWRHn2r-NFZndCsxLNMc6kqPHcnrOOb--Ff8LEBnv4Wgi5gOUuSyTZbFNj7qsiJ1ITyVvCB1A6JEoiwNOSc1w-nmbPhkc9eqpbvGfo6chsWsKwL4siR3lrA6DP0VFeksA0coDTgkyZT1im7gtFLzK5uF-QwwDCc3TDie3d-iTi3VeXlPLKcs5cdOdw/s4032/20200724_184418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-puWRHn2r-NFZndCsxLNMc6kqPHcnrOOb--Ff8LEBnv4Wgi5gOUuSyTZbFNj7qsiJ1ITyVvCB1A6JEoiwNOSc1w-nmbPhkc9eqpbvGfo6chsWsKwL4siR3lrA6DP0VFeksA0coDTgkyZT1im7gtFLzK5uF-QwwDCc3TDie3d-iTi3VeXlPLKcs5cdOdw/w480-h640/20200724_184418.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a beautiful old inn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nADlS6mal-CZtTuQdZZmFM6FIL3F8gjTnNMMFjoY8HLzXXjkBWGYONe8l0ikW27GbJWNbJ-fQbnQpHZ2APPPobzcQVP1L3OpPokayRauJg-zuvxgnGZwIg2Og0nW15p1Dix9f_Y5m_2ZiUbMPD3pEW_Fk-nCVNNo1ODIE4AAB5hY8VIgWg7Y6z8ci08/s4032/20200725_200335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nADlS6mal-CZtTuQdZZmFM6FIL3F8gjTnNMMFjoY8HLzXXjkBWGYONe8l0ikW27GbJWNbJ-fQbnQpHZ2APPPobzcQVP1L3OpPokayRauJg-zuvxgnGZwIg2Og0nW15p1Dix9f_Y5m_2ZiUbMPD3pEW_Fk-nCVNNo1ODIE4AAB5hY8VIgWg7Y6z8ci08/w480-h640/20200725_200335.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has beautiful grounds and landscaping and some amazing hanging flowers on the porch. Our innkeeper, Dennis, told me he puts the plants in the basement with grow lights in the winter. He has a hanging Spider Plant with dozens of babies that he's had since the 80's!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKoKdRaj_xCFF4RPH06Xgq1SQil5Xj-EJkJXOLLNK8wCckDVhRqyuqQbEmaTJEeUkfJe59XwyTaDBk9qYh7uAlv6bDhsefSuAOBiiTiDEMF7On-StGOGu08B5GfG9e2V24NgVW9qbfOZLV2w2FyuzcQsOTmNbekbJVYvDBAUQSpbHrvMQOXJ_3kKOJqQ/s4032/20200725_200349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKoKdRaj_xCFF4RPH06Xgq1SQil5Xj-EJkJXOLLNK8wCckDVhRqyuqQbEmaTJEeUkfJe59XwyTaDBk9qYh7uAlv6bDhsefSuAOBiiTiDEMF7On-StGOGu08B5GfG9e2V24NgVW9qbfOZLV2w2FyuzcQsOTmNbekbJVYvDBAUQSpbHrvMQOXJ_3kKOJqQ/w640-h480/20200725_200349.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkGQkHVyPTA21jbXG4dExPKJCp_XCsW-AXatLeaj6oSnBm76c6vzONKThwxAGTe3QWNMV4h5y4iSwqFAZqBcCO71T3lQLUaX6ze6MewTULhAsxowQ-OQhdUHddpq4u8Pa1mWldjn2YkF9G9PicGUCgmG5Nzhfl1672iJVfQY7UdFIsY-rZDaQJ-ck_Lk/s4032/20200726_095234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkGQkHVyPTA21jbXG4dExPKJCp_XCsW-AXatLeaj6oSnBm76c6vzONKThwxAGTe3QWNMV4h5y4iSwqFAZqBcCO71T3lQLUaX6ze6MewTULhAsxowQ-OQhdUHddpq4u8Pa1mWldjn2YkF9G9PicGUCgmG5Nzhfl1672iJVfQY7UdFIsY-rZDaQJ-ck_Lk/w640-h480/20200726_095234.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a nice dinner at Reed North where, surprisingly, they had a young man playing guitar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Zahnb4eT5fSf96fzpddMQphYHC7VmNkgoMrbXlXVMjyrzaJ6DL9_FF-uRJQ8Ik3MlwV-aICNDySaR22xGuCvoJqLwJwrNNQTYNpC1NnFvTVp3nCEMfSxJOAzBsP-BMXzYKSAt3qZnDyWFQl-mr8dPi-me8klGfaHAG_rft4tC8suoC2Y4lk0-YJQaj8/s4032/20230813_180627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Zahnb4eT5fSf96fzpddMQphYHC7VmNkgoMrbXlXVMjyrzaJ6DL9_FF-uRJQ8Ik3MlwV-aICNDySaR22xGuCvoJqLwJwrNNQTYNpC1NnFvTVp3nCEMfSxJOAzBsP-BMXzYKSAt3qZnDyWFQl-mr8dPi-me8klGfaHAG_rft4tC8suoC2Y4lk0-YJQaj8/w480-h640/20230813_180627.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then back to the inn for the most relaxing part of our stay. The Inn is on Lake Kezar, a small but very pretty lake. They have a small beachfront with lots of chairs to sit and watch the sunset.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9dimchdZyRwoys0dLu8fTGlzrr7FBxx4TdqYCjIgFSYvZWEC0TON8B8Yk9-IGdGc1WlQ0GpGq1-WBsM50UJkT4G2xz84RtU9SZA1kar6Fw4X6WFI9f7UwGQV6FkcqDpiMZrLUFhspEm4OzPdnbMoDv1FeVDS7XmtPQLywYKKm2dTnk9dJMSI8w04eQA/s4032/20230813_192127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9dimchdZyRwoys0dLu8fTGlzrr7FBxx4TdqYCjIgFSYvZWEC0TON8B8Yk9-IGdGc1WlQ0GpGq1-WBsM50UJkT4G2xz84RtU9SZA1kar6Fw4X6WFI9f7UwGQV6FkcqDpiMZrLUFhspEm4OzPdnbMoDv1FeVDS7XmtPQLywYKKm2dTnk9dJMSI8w04eQA/w480-h640/20230813_192127.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGCIJjke_jovx_G7OQr-sgK3Y745OLzQi7tCmfMvc0Te1vj0NpfXok1IYzhA37xd13DszSD-TKq1zrXyjxRI1hHdWdeJwIWAHUdlX8s8cyAxog1FHevY0PPS1KgtVRHMt5AK4b1x5hIdnvripVDVemHQjnxeKbJNRp_5VAOH_NXMEWffPxWpaVKx8l10/s4032/20230813_191319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGCIJjke_jovx_G7OQr-sgK3Y745OLzQi7tCmfMvc0Te1vj0NpfXok1IYzhA37xd13DszSD-TKq1zrXyjxRI1hHdWdeJwIWAHUdlX8s8cyAxog1FHevY0PPS1KgtVRHMt5AK4b1x5hIdnvripVDVemHQjnxeKbJNRp_5VAOH_NXMEWffPxWpaVKx8l10/w640-h480/20230813_191319.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning, we were served a wonderful breakfast. (The food there is outstanding!) They let us borrow bicycles which we used to ride around the lake. On the other side of the lake is Wadleigh State Park. Then back to the inn to read and relax on the beach. We took out one of their canoes in the afternoon and paddled over to Blueberry Island. The blueberries were in short supply, but we managed to find a small handful. When we came back, we tried to swim but the water was very chilly and choppy due to the high winds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hubby had the chance to play a little bit of piano.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrRbCABoWdn3QQjJ7fjyRdXBYmFefg5b4C3vqLXLp_Tmdm8LK0opzJwz7NNsg2_Da-5pvsaPICK0wY-BQPBLZS2vwdnNfplXJck3NfXwxUeq_5fA2nSzZFv2g3QpOBEFaSyZjcpapu4c42ME-lsZ7cbHwP6Vsb2HH_qxNs7CebHk7ALbWSr8f9k0IMNg/s4032/20230813_195620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrRbCABoWdn3QQjJ7fjyRdXBYmFefg5b4C3vqLXLp_Tmdm8LK0opzJwz7NNsg2_Da-5pvsaPICK0wY-BQPBLZS2vwdnNfplXJck3NfXwxUeq_5fA2nSzZFv2g3QpOBEFaSyZjcpapu4c42ME-lsZ7cbHwP6Vsb2HH_qxNs7CebHk7ALbWSr8f9k0IMNg/w480-h640/20230813_195620.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent some time sitting on the porch playing Yahtzee and Scrabble before we headed out for dinner at The Flying Goose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then back for another sunset and a game of Trivial Pursuit (we played 2 games and broke even).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning, we had another outstanding breakfast and this time, we sat at a big table and chatted with some of the other guests before packing up to come home. We left just in time, as it was raining from the minute we got up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A wonderful, romantic time to spend with my sweet and lovely Hubby. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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Hubby and I had been there in 2015 and seen the Museum but the Performing Arts Center hadn't been built.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIb66dIqzKJq587mizNjRLPwY7i8VvfzyKfXTH0oNFMQJz8scVOD93nO9eibA6Qi54zkpHVf1TxatoKMLJPE9h3wKDZKynCl_EtMARDccKaq_NFmZ5OFG9FMdjNPoRDa_8pc6pFz7nnatoe9JQVI1Nuhq-vfj16CAxIvVtdSZI7QKJi9Yot6vzzWdjSw/s239/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="239" height="565" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIb66dIqzKJq587mizNjRLPwY7i8VvfzyKfXTH0oNFMQJz8scVOD93nO9eibA6Qi54zkpHVf1TxatoKMLJPE9h3wKDZKynCl_EtMARDccKaq_NFmZ5OFG9FMdjNPoRDa_8pc6pFz7nnatoe9JQVI1Nuhq-vfj16CAxIvVtdSZI7QKJi9Yot6vzzWdjSw/w640-h565/images.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">We left with great anticipation on Saturday morning with plans to stop at Hubby's favorite place, Rein's Deli. Huge kudos to Kate, our driver for this leg of the trip, who navigated some pretty fierce traffic on the way. We got to Rein's about an hour after our anticipated time, and were on our way again after feasting on Chopped Liver sandwich, Pastrami on Rye, and an Everything Bagel with Cream Cheese and Lox.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">We made it the rest of the way to our Air B and B in Lake Huntington, NY. The house was out in no-man's-land, (on Devil's Road - very appropriate!!) but still only 10 minutes from the performance venue. When we got there, we hit the first and biggest snag of the trip. There was no water!! I contacted the owner and got no response.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Since we were already late for the start time of the concert, we figured we'd get going and figure out the house and water situation when I heard back from the owner.</p><p style="text-align: center;">As we were leaving, the rain started. But, being the good boy/girl scouts that we are, we had anticipated the rain and had come prepared with raincoats and umbrellas.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We parked out in the boondocks somewhere (we were in section F) and hiked into the venue. Then hiked another quarter mile to our seats!! It was pouring out the whole time, and we thought we'd be so grateful that Kate had had the good sense to purchase tickets under the roof rather than getting the cheap lawn seats. However!! Our seats were along the edge, and the rain was blowing in, so our rain gear came in pretty useful!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFv3OS2YbIgC9AfH6DbM6MbUIIFIvXV8XoWA8F7mfHENVoGgaGyzZnWZ10ujDk1J9TTxWOD6t_EWh3KtL0kQ91ECpxd3VUw16vxvbpL-mBVhFdo1JfAYrMGlSHukFK-fxzH6reW1mvyoJhEX5F-aksN0dD2gB09zVA-9HZ5a9exvv6Da4-TBRSbSd00o/s3264/20230729_184236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFv3OS2YbIgC9AfH6DbM6MbUIIFIvXV8XoWA8F7mfHENVoGgaGyzZnWZ10ujDk1J9TTxWOD6t_EWh3KtL0kQ91ECpxd3VUw16vxvbpL-mBVhFdo1JfAYrMGlSHukFK-fxzH6reW1mvyoJhEX5F-aksN0dD2gB09zVA-9HZ5a9exvv6Da4-TBRSbSd00o/w312-h640/20230729_184236.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVF5PKd7RVilqRrSqDPnvWjSUWJnjmiC5wYS9fvMnQQN0uucSon5WJ3_lUXV0ao7LTezF7gYzKDDlwt-Jld2dDHAw6D29sRLAzBCH0DZ0-d8gIJ0JgoR33Q0DPVkQSHy1zjPfGVAXNrs0xy98Szp3_KmY9hG8J954_GyyEdkRuz7tl76spHvAmJC1Pl4g/s3053/20230729_184348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3053" data-original-width="1817" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVF5PKd7RVilqRrSqDPnvWjSUWJnjmiC5wYS9fvMnQQN0uucSon5WJ3_lUXV0ao7LTezF7gYzKDDlwt-Jld2dDHAw6D29sRLAzBCH0DZ0-d8gIJ0JgoR33Q0DPVkQSHy1zjPfGVAXNrs0xy98Szp3_KmY9hG8J954_GyyEdkRuz7tl76spHvAmJC1Pl4g/w380-h640/20230729_184348.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitxoLXCkCHG-RuBvZtvdxfLot2DSXA8JakQycqMGcvxV5gCpxh-sOj0d-akyXDIRMXjKv1w01hRVS0veHEBa124oqhZ6hyVStInvdr1U7Zi_2DMhcsHFrSJO0ytLtZKAcDspXhrTviaEZWnHopgQifaNeVCrMta3gM50U3lLroo0XCSzZYAcLX7UWkVc/s2048/363363284_10231226430793591_3185763928906984861_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitxoLXCkCHG-RuBvZtvdxfLot2DSXA8JakQycqMGcvxV5gCpxh-sOj0d-akyXDIRMXjKv1w01hRVS0veHEBa124oqhZ6hyVStInvdr1U7Zi_2DMhcsHFrSJO0ytLtZKAcDspXhrTviaEZWnHopgQifaNeVCrMta3gM50U3lLroo0XCSzZYAcLX7UWkVc/w640-h480/363363284_10231226430793591_3185763928906984861_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Thankfully, we all have the attitude of "make the best of any situation", and we managed to have a great time. Eventually the weather cleared up and the sun almost came out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqa_36bfYuojbI1vaQBXMjSzaYABlvHvpPXeWnoYi-ejiE_LCPiSg9TFBkVG1bpR8EGPSBSypUZFxIef0CdAZVk7ajBAOihoZ1Md3QxY7mvD3zsls3q0qUWTk5qQWr9BPNjup5Is1erxmKo3RMw2Q3hiZ_FwTyS8OAhcSugqkYCcO_0nuKcbLO9lQwvZ4/s4032/20230729_191021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqa_36bfYuojbI1vaQBXMjSzaYABlvHvpPXeWnoYi-ejiE_LCPiSg9TFBkVG1bpR8EGPSBSypUZFxIef0CdAZVk7ajBAOihoZ1Md3QxY7mvD3zsls3q0qUWTk5qQWr9BPNjup5Is1erxmKo3RMw2Q3hiZ_FwTyS8OAhcSugqkYCcO_0nuKcbLO9lQwvZ4/w480-h640/20230729_191021.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The tickets we bought were for the "Outlaw Music Festival". There were four bands, one of which was Willie Nelson and Family!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CxDI2MjEP9Z0sPrbF-pd6OERBbPZgcowCBkHbWfkiJSeV3pw9EkG97jVbV0yoznrKJmWDXhjQDb1xQUZiBeDa4DdrbkhRluYi6jPdNyRUXwwRCA89drZ_ZV7vH4GYKFzzOSO02qGl4fZEG-NDmYuz51KBjdD3zgk6bqA-45Q-F_mXiNr_DUoVwSDb30/s4032/20230729_215557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CxDI2MjEP9Z0sPrbF-pd6OERBbPZgcowCBkHbWfkiJSeV3pw9EkG97jVbV0yoznrKJmWDXhjQDb1xQUZiBeDa4DdrbkhRluYi6jPdNyRUXwwRCA89drZ_ZV7vH4GYKFzzOSO02qGl4fZEG-NDmYuz51KBjdD3zgk6bqA-45Q-F_mXiNr_DUoVwSDb30/w480-h640/20230729_215557.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">In between acts, we went for something to eat. There were dozens of vendors all lined up along the pathway (I suspect that's why you had to walk so far - to make sure you see all the vendors!) and Hubby had spied a Calzone vendor so we went there. Hubby, however, had a bit of a problem eating his! I had to clean him up like one of my preschoolers!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkMqWFfWdlvnlg6c-pOAazTw21idg_FLfXgr0QF60bbA2pSiC07Batu5EBLBDJ28XkhgLosYuKVQKbFatnKysvNMCNozI7M2BT98EMbLbf0G5OTwgfkqzuGga1AZicxHvgiCd_5kUPNSlH1uIwftOg-QyYdi2GXaIuIk0VrT4u88ahuQYjsihdvcey4w/s4032/20230729_201239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkMqWFfWdlvnlg6c-pOAazTw21idg_FLfXgr0QF60bbA2pSiC07Batu5EBLBDJ28XkhgLosYuKVQKbFatnKysvNMCNozI7M2BT98EMbLbf0G5OTwgfkqzuGga1AZicxHvgiCd_5kUPNSlH1uIwftOg-QyYdi2GXaIuIk0VrT4u88ahuQYjsihdvcey4w/w480-h640/20230729_201239.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvq_CJkAQXABqLpVYztbf74owqbafa6YtlFQ6TZg4bCL05YPNE3ulCTH4DMdg32baSdx5hUqLxANpsnG87mqpoI_xCHMinsREjSJx8i_F_0ip-Y7Kf-jIGialmPsD-vR9FrCGvDy23jImTcCemdc2tXa2RSWpGf4isUlKv6icBg776cJjxdEk3Ib7yD4/s713/IMG_7632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvq_CJkAQXABqLpVYztbf74owqbafa6YtlFQ6TZg4bCL05YPNE3ulCTH4DMdg32baSdx5hUqLxANpsnG87mqpoI_xCHMinsREjSJx8i_F_0ip-Y7Kf-jIGialmPsD-vR9FrCGvDy23jImTcCemdc2tXa2RSWpGf4isUlKv6icBg776cJjxdEk3Ib7yD4/w480-h640/IMG_7632.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The other musical acts were very good, but we were really there to see Willie! And he did not disappoint! He came out, greeted the crowd, and got right down to business. He was accompanied by his son, who was an excellent singer, guitarist and songwriter. He also had several other musicians, including a harmonica player who was outstanding!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hffvaAEMNF9Rw6mkqGGh-5qubd00RNLGhhkK1HEn--0nD5MTZgMOHg-RjWbua3LzF9s0riYca2x97s5kJpCfnI3ukfbXz1nlt6lf-NH1IKL9Y5alGlBtCQAY22WgtWdJOLGefXQmq4-0OaE_gHHuHhmn6_MUgGWt9oGJHsh6QBRQdwJs5feoIqHYP2s/s4032/20230729_215703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hffvaAEMNF9Rw6mkqGGh-5qubd00RNLGhhkK1HEn--0nD5MTZgMOHg-RjWbua3LzF9s0riYca2x97s5kJpCfnI3ukfbXz1nlt6lf-NH1IKL9Y5alGlBtCQAY22WgtWdJOLGefXQmq4-0OaE_gHHuHhmn6_MUgGWt9oGJHsh6QBRQdwJs5feoIqHYP2s/w480-h640/20230729_215703.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNLiyJ2GUpuzuacTIeilH37TYCBoZsJPiy_u67G0DUnSAQs39HCls14uYPbSFGjzA8JmjLfo_dqYDPLWV9rAw5tK9eEB8JaPpTxh72H2PLDRi1ApVkMymq-OJhtT1c9eqbzf6X-Fryw5aEtMFAahjC7_fXzaVbwnkn97-6DjBRd08fTGTSZ3RIfwMPKU/s4032/20230729_215707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNLiyJ2GUpuzuacTIeilH37TYCBoZsJPiy_u67G0DUnSAQs39HCls14uYPbSFGjzA8JmjLfo_dqYDPLWV9rAw5tK9eEB8JaPpTxh72H2PLDRi1ApVkMymq-OJhtT1c9eqbzf6X-Fryw5aEtMFAahjC7_fXzaVbwnkn97-6DjBRd08fTGTSZ3RIfwMPKU/w480-h640/20230729_215707.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSVUILk5mglPr6gRmHC09D81X9nhbkOiclyMm4Z2cGXmO_YDn4aNVIJMFu-ARyJWmK6VSu9-KZyTjYTJoVSVebQH7bF1vy0iRlDiFQxaOmVxJYhFvyCxi9Q61WjiAIgdlRQgVCkJzBEAua6laFB2DlteVLlvyihWyLc-Rn7EuOPKAGL2eTB4aVX0Dz88/s3023/20230729_221951%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2091" data-original-width="3023" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSVUILk5mglPr6gRmHC09D81X9nhbkOiclyMm4Z2cGXmO_YDn4aNVIJMFu-ARyJWmK6VSu9-KZyTjYTJoVSVebQH7bF1vy0iRlDiFQxaOmVxJYhFvyCxi9Q61WjiAIgdlRQgVCkJzBEAua6laFB2DlteVLlvyihWyLc-Rn7EuOPKAGL2eTB4aVX0Dz88/w640-h442/20230729_221951%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He played a lot of great songs, his son played some very good and funny songs that he wrote, and then Willie played all his old favorites. It was a great way to end the evening!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Long hike back to our car, (after a stop at the porta-potties) and Kate navigated us out the back way like a pro! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At 11:30pm I finally heard from the owner of the house, and ..........sorry........can't get a plumber out there until Monday! It was way too late for us to find somewhere else to stay. So, like the troopers we are, we went back to the house and made the best of the situation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the morning we thankfully had some bottled water so we were able to make coffee and tea. I had brought muffins and Kate made toast and we were on our way. Humongous kudos to Rick (my hero!) who found a bucket in the shed and went and knocked on a neighbor's door to get enough water to flush the toilets. (The neighbor said the owner was a bit strange...hmmm...ya think?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We made it to the Museum at Bethel Woods right when it opened (and used the toilets that flushed!). The place is just amazing with hundreds of photos of the sixties, and lots of very nostalgic videos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ksiDCSw-ybJ8LLP_juXFPB_KGsujDmbFqGEcpsl9o1GaEMKnQ6CZCmkFQhfgK7yrJ_ko_FbKY2Pb-Js7SV1EWownuK27fo58rfUufycG078cl_pJWNTfeTsRM6g9hFsS-adNSuOdTzuUh8uUVAoQrJ9BK8npLrzxOdF18aMcBlQmrdbbxmR653sw_MA/s4032/20230730_101128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ksiDCSw-ybJ8LLP_juXFPB_KGsujDmbFqGEcpsl9o1GaEMKnQ6CZCmkFQhfgK7yrJ_ko_FbKY2Pb-Js7SV1EWownuK27fo58rfUufycG078cl_pJWNTfeTsRM6g9hFsS-adNSuOdTzuUh8uUVAoQrJ9BK8npLrzxOdF18aMcBlQmrdbbxmR653sw_MA/w480-h640/20230730_101128.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-ty3P7xopoKfWkZGmMx9NQrjymGCCDvuHrc6RJi2nyeidXKpjgUATjCIl6Jgv6IWlWJhHKjpy61A5NuK0a13SS91HOFo0tpwfXvh6KPavQti9paCCl3W2FZdbP1W5xgeZEXHJX3pxmgoOItKgS_fad54Y2UaaU5ZdomAPyeFX_EmVYKGHlBg2205B6A/s4032/20230730_104141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-ty3P7xopoKfWkZGmMx9NQrjymGCCDvuHrc6RJi2nyeidXKpjgUATjCIl6Jgv6IWlWJhHKjpy61A5NuK0a13SS91HOFo0tpwfXvh6KPavQti9paCCl3W2FZdbP1W5xgeZEXHJX3pxmgoOItKgS_fad54Y2UaaU5ZdomAPyeFX_EmVYKGHlBg2205B6A/w480-h640/20230730_104141.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Magic Bus!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wgDB6SMZIIlxNoXLc79sbjaomu8QhWQb-KzNocuo6BUyoRWIheRQ8o55PhT3qF_6JXhDHkNJH6ezBQAYHxTJ7EPU12CiexMJ9v4sY0omKsiovyXEq6jw40YxngKxPwra9nZw0KdaY-f__BgMr-B5Y8pyEVujhRhlS2KF7xcTojYxO0AjSSfkqQj1Owo/s4032/20230730_110247%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wgDB6SMZIIlxNoXLc79sbjaomu8QhWQb-KzNocuo6BUyoRWIheRQ8o55PhT3qF_6JXhDHkNJH6ezBQAYHxTJ7EPU12CiexMJ9v4sY0omKsiovyXEq6jw40YxngKxPwra9nZw0KdaY-f__BgMr-B5Y8pyEVujhRhlS2KF7xcTojYxO0AjSSfkqQj1Owo/w640-h480/20230730_110247%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When you sat inside the bus there was a video playing. Between videos Tag decided to drive the bus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu78uifoQ5JiNIiDJ_AzpFLR6HmVL1mhenPh4AIKYJCHp6N91ujTMi720GEb2yp9a8igF4bqJ7rV_g74ujFd83WTjyKD9SbxoAdT4mHtOHyNcDop0SeAMkeKmRMO3Z9Tmn3xYELdJzwWIWe79SgvfHPzsjzG5lh7Zds4oClBNx-8bgOl9b3gC68v2Ilx4/s2503/20230730_110726%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2370" data-original-width="2503" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu78uifoQ5JiNIiDJ_AzpFLR6HmVL1mhenPh4AIKYJCHp6N91ujTMi720GEb2yp9a8igF4bqJ7rV_g74ujFd83WTjyKD9SbxoAdT4mHtOHyNcDop0SeAMkeKmRMO3Z9Tmn3xYELdJzwWIWe79SgvfHPzsjzG5lh7Zds4oClBNx-8bgOl9b3gC68v2Ilx4/w640-h606/20230730_110726%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mhnmbnsbVr8bOIkMSOeVJi1i4aYqngAwYhWrXkzQw6-KakotAdkaiLFmhDfK0ZF1xHspOgvvCpfpMvrNNB_hTbaJtR-A9eyLl4B5zF9e4SXKbChRg-PIXR2ge5sYKg3JgzbCIFigmrhJqgEqkLEivV0Ah58giNWG25UY0dviFttiK45oNQxkwnlE048/s4032/20230730_110758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mhnmbnsbVr8bOIkMSOeVJi1i4aYqngAwYhWrXkzQw6-KakotAdkaiLFmhDfK0ZF1xHspOgvvCpfpMvrNNB_hTbaJtR-A9eyLl4B5zF9e4SXKbChRg-PIXR2ge5sYKg3JgzbCIFigmrhJqgEqkLEivV0Ah58giNWG25UY0dviFttiK45oNQxkwnlE048/w480-h640/20230730_110758.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkM80O-Hs476NkE45o1BTHBFEKuPQmaE_y_MOP7ntRkWuSoLtyiOhxt4uVwE9h1B2nG8R-eRT1JM0WrxzMhQD78JwVDBHkEz97nuGg9hb46rgmEBvVdp993-k1T3qpMY2gwc_PjN1W8qAyd9nHNY0qIpFJiVbzJbWMYGgxiSvnjd7juQO79kXDICfNH0/s4032/20230730_111309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkM80O-Hs476NkE45o1BTHBFEKuPQmaE_y_MOP7ntRkWuSoLtyiOhxt4uVwE9h1B2nG8R-eRT1JM0WrxzMhQD78JwVDBHkEz97nuGg9hb46rgmEBvVdp993-k1T3qpMY2gwc_PjN1W8qAyd9nHNY0qIpFJiVbzJbWMYGgxiSvnjd7juQO79kXDICfNH0/w480-h640/20230730_111309.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTXc8BSSW1BuWfGw2aurm5PmaxqzdZSnCLQ0sS6x-TGMWG3sQK74sPEtUCWhfvHciXNJ8rPekavNPIDgN99TlBjlLfmMAZyTzWHQGX7J2_h0C57OqTmsZ-RBnDGIuoSpUXVAPV6yQA5K7WurPLOTY0FafLGnScLFzpsp4tLZDHYy0Ed97eDSTuzWAPwo/s4032/20230730_111315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTXc8BSSW1BuWfGw2aurm5PmaxqzdZSnCLQ0sS6x-TGMWG3sQK74sPEtUCWhfvHciXNJ8rPekavNPIDgN99TlBjlLfmMAZyTzWHQGX7J2_h0C57OqTmsZ-RBnDGIuoSpUXVAPV6yQA5K7WurPLOTY0FafLGnScLFzpsp4tLZDHYy0Ed97eDSTuzWAPwo/w640-h480/20230730_111315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There was so much information about the sixties and the musical influences of that time, and about the Woodstock Festival of 1969, by the time we left we all agreed our brains were full!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One more thing before we were on our way. We drove around to the other side of the site, to see the Monument that was put up on the actual site of the Festival.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the way, we found Tag's road!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2HaC0gpAH7xUzvVaK4oqm8Vyq1r_9qhWP1X4DHxVfp_G6t84V1t_g5ukUAj_eC8iMufSYaYbg5PPPjlsbe9i9Wp_SOptbc00QQAfYJDfpbh6As2WTls4fBva91mrdNXBjsp4U8zs2vsMJEDsHoFauiG_LL_FuTkDWHKqVEbLLSZS3JfiPK9icSivH-s/s4032/20230730_122516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2HaC0gpAH7xUzvVaK4oqm8Vyq1r_9qhWP1X4DHxVfp_G6t84V1t_g5ukUAj_eC8iMufSYaYbg5PPPjlsbe9i9Wp_SOptbc00QQAfYJDfpbh6As2WTls4fBva91mrdNXBjsp4U8zs2vsMJEDsHoFauiG_LL_FuTkDWHKqVEbLLSZS3JfiPK9icSivH-s/w480-h640/20230730_122516.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't think he knows which way he's going!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzpMzb5cPVp2BLtcVPSOKYhDUuS0hqmyxlwSMbHFSrJdUWsKBDVKiC4502xGaEpk1CDu0AWrwwtr-qzZWaqo3229M56iqbST-cRhHKowUWD31F7JQpR-8DiYnx1ZSzuHO2MmHrIX9SInKXMLxwm4uB_ytPtGHyja0WkhTT-vrKaaicz4ZpXUK2PAN0hQ/s4008/20230730_122520%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4008" data-original-width="2618" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzpMzb5cPVp2BLtcVPSOKYhDUuS0hqmyxlwSMbHFSrJdUWsKBDVKiC4502xGaEpk1CDu0AWrwwtr-qzZWaqo3229M56iqbST-cRhHKowUWD31F7JQpR-8DiYnx1ZSzuHO2MmHrIX9SInKXMLxwm4uB_ytPtGHyja0WkhTT-vrKaaicz4ZpXUK2PAN0hQ/w418-h640/20230730_122520%20(2).jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWm7e9DKmbMXY658kNEZ2BsMdM1rRPnLwa50R7IWCD6TsEEnHfRkZTdyuz_xf7VIc8UT5mv-_EGZZakQ-O8Mh6nNZ30_OQCzBlNVDD2C9Ydfrq_Bn7rjTtIqueUs77qd3qDyEPXunTY2_m5DEnoe52y8KO3MkQkvaVY0Bir7BV3K1OfWAP31u9bJu3-Y/s4160/20230730_123101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWm7e9DKmbMXY658kNEZ2BsMdM1rRPnLwa50R7IWCD6TsEEnHfRkZTdyuz_xf7VIc8UT5mv-_EGZZakQ-O8Mh6nNZ30_OQCzBlNVDD2C9Ydfrq_Bn7rjTtIqueUs77qd3qDyEPXunTY2_m5DEnoe52y8KO3MkQkvaVY0Bir7BV3K1OfWAP31u9bJu3-Y/w480-h640/20230730_123101.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Rn-5No4Sd6AGVbKkX36lZFHZerifmn1f1uc2vjsM_NiP1Q_oJFi6tX7q2FXB0d5H8VxKC6UDH-1f6iFVnDwkgxw1I2t6-bLwfPdwX0NEy_2F8-2IJGfB8iOBIJScQCKIct1GhVgHbSfZdyPm0tIHsSnqa-IcF_XNZ0KRlYN9NV0yoXh20TjjwcsC3do/s4160/20230730_123139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Rn-5No4Sd6AGVbKkX36lZFHZerifmn1f1uc2vjsM_NiP1Q_oJFi6tX7q2FXB0d5H8VxKC6UDH-1f6iFVnDwkgxw1I2t6-bLwfPdwX0NEy_2F8-2IJGfB8iOBIJScQCKIct1GhVgHbSfZdyPm0tIHsSnqa-IcF_XNZ0KRlYN9NV0yoXh20TjjwcsC3do/w480-h640/20230730_123139.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3iQkvSTM4EYsNE1wEWHEXdrJKPSeozcPYrcj_Wboi2iL3DzjdtbkHq-pjziliUDwW_xPMuUIYyhqaPmVILpt5m0--lwmf8cZs40grPBdB0XWm7YnaSl-FF2Lh1eqZ_7GmDW776g0lSelJNFOtW78nSGcvbmA3-XOlS2cUV8-nx8LBrmMd4stiwvisj8/s4032/20230730_123202%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3iQkvSTM4EYsNE1wEWHEXdrJKPSeozcPYrcj_Wboi2iL3DzjdtbkHq-pjziliUDwW_xPMuUIYyhqaPmVILpt5m0--lwmf8cZs40grPBdB0XWm7YnaSl-FF2Lh1eqZ_7GmDW776g0lSelJNFOtW78nSGcvbmA3-XOlS2cUV8-nx8LBrmMd4stiwvisj8/w480-h640/20230730_123202%20(2).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Imagine 450,000 concert-goers descending on this field!! And they invaded the tiny town of Bethel with a population of 2700. They said when the Woodstock concert was in full swing, it was the third largest "town" in New York state for that weekend.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBXlChy7nN7JwctrcVcnm9qyUXLrHeslEalOedclB2B4w7SIIgs6IRW5l9g5Kyo33wbPHTPDhyys1247W-G2xArUutntf2PCoJJfm2JDqZUHnzG7ybt4-sCi3nydEP7hzgYqYpf2VH9PL7Q9bPZUgCjSdnaEpag7CyojsWNaYDDJ5o6uSk7AnsKoAnig/s4160/20230730_123948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBXlChy7nN7JwctrcVcnm9qyUXLrHeslEalOedclB2B4w7SIIgs6IRW5l9g5Kyo33wbPHTPDhyys1247W-G2xArUutntf2PCoJJfm2JDqZUHnzG7ybt4-sCi3nydEP7hzgYqYpf2VH9PL7Q9bPZUgCjSdnaEpag7CyojsWNaYDDJ5o6uSk7AnsKoAnig/w640-h480/20230730_123948.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Having decided, of course, not to stay the second night, we headed back. But not before stopping at Rick and Kate's favorite, the Blue Colony Diner, where we got the biggest salads I'd ever seen in my life, and some truly delicious Challah bread.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeKjnV7wyrCcnWzBqzsNosFyRiLsPxbhV1DYD3PcXxm4RHjFKj304egwGOf6ajs65AdVYtcl5NtU2FcIR3CR1OoDPP0uRpa8N5LVWOcn2ss8ShPqxjs0vMY0BKpaCf7mt6MivnAMUyePGdQdc5d2X5C1Pakhxp8W3PuoO7P3VQy7aFYnBFk2atBMvTGY/s4160/20230730_144857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeKjnV7wyrCcnWzBqzsNosFyRiLsPxbhV1DYD3PcXxm4RHjFKj304egwGOf6ajs65AdVYtcl5NtU2FcIR3CR1OoDPP0uRpa8N5LVWOcn2ss8ShPqxjs0vMY0BKpaCf7mt6MivnAMUyePGdQdc5d2X5C1Pakhxp8W3PuoO7P3VQy7aFYnBFk2atBMvTGY/w640-h480/20230730_144857.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rick was our driver on the way home, and he did a great job with only two angry horn blasts!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Despite the obstacles of traffic, rain and no water, we had a great time with great friends. Rick and Kate are easy traveling companions, always amenable to any plans and easy-going when things don't go as planned. We got to see what we came out for, and had some great conversations, some laughs, and some great food as well!</div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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We had been there once before, a long time ago, but it was time for another exhibit and I'm very glad we went. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU60yOuwbTvm709b7YvH5K6EahUt6vu4N0qSP2-JVNNGloSDpYSDoveHCcoubi_Vb1iECMWL98t0MgtCuKKCAs6mfzjUjA-APbQCpfWBdycOfvQa-ZLdZFwaq9rHhopqAJ-0GZlTYnFrZBnqx9Thjw72boZ7iNtIMdOC3KME6Ok9ayFbCW-kblf0jh7oQ/s4032/20230708_133733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU60yOuwbTvm709b7YvH5K6EahUt6vu4N0qSP2-JVNNGloSDpYSDoveHCcoubi_Vb1iECMWL98t0MgtCuKKCAs6mfzjUjA-APbQCpfWBdycOfvQa-ZLdZFwaq9rHhopqAJ-0GZlTYnFrZBnqx9Thjw72boZ7iNtIMdOC3KME6Ok9ayFbCW-kblf0jh7oQ/w480-h640/20230708_133733.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Their main gallery was dedicated to Eric Carle and his association with Japan. I never knew he actually had his first and most famous book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", published first in Japan because there wasn't a publisher in America who wanted to figure out the odd layout and page sizes of the book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJHe669_pi-H_wCPwcLuUGaAUs6yT0oWD-40wtQlOritOkTkd0mYvbkrhey16SvX9xY1LAXInPIZh1jUQhi81VjuWh7e-VdsCofq4sRoRUwrK7X1sUbC71n7vfgh6J84ljf8RSjTkGHmaPb5I74nT0LoLGMDCHZf3227qoEqgFr5yn-xQ9yTvLcYAuMw/s4032/20230708_141214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJHe669_pi-H_wCPwcLuUGaAUs6yT0oWD-40wtQlOritOkTkd0mYvbkrhey16SvX9xY1LAXInPIZh1jUQhi81VjuWh7e-VdsCofq4sRoRUwrK7X1sUbC71n7vfgh6J84ljf8RSjTkGHmaPb5I74nT0LoLGMDCHZf3227qoEqgFr5yn-xQ9yTvLcYAuMw/w480-h640/20230708_141214.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He loved the country and continued his association with his publisher there. He also made friends with Kazuo Iwamura with whom he collaborated on a book called, "Where Are You Going? To See My Friend". The book was written in English from left to right, and then in Japanese from right to left, meeting in the middle. They each illustrated their own half of the book. All the artwork was displayed on the walls in the gallery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKtgsxxK0T2EKh0MDanIZ4ZGXv4fqHupe31GRG6s_yhcIeISo8pSI5vz7MGTg7wQz5e3F97HBFgGkkV_aT1JSLMIDEkyNE6nSID3TKhoZ_GZ2wuk4JlzGPzvqPKaPkJ7ao1uG9GqXVLb5IAad1lpnBh7s8ryGfnAehQV0vTUno2hHkuCrnmgC5l0h4Eg/s4032/20230708_141721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKtgsxxK0T2EKh0MDanIZ4ZGXv4fqHupe31GRG6s_yhcIeISo8pSI5vz7MGTg7wQz5e3F97HBFgGkkV_aT1JSLMIDEkyNE6nSID3TKhoZ_GZ2wuk4JlzGPzvqPKaPkJ7ao1uG9GqXVLb5IAad1lpnBh7s8ryGfnAehQV0vTUno2hHkuCrnmgC5l0h4Eg/w640-h480/20230708_141721.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wZyEMY2mrbepo_QbDqDhfQLY68m6YamtdsRoTOSVQbr_ODByogGbO8jbEnrgaeG47ejux6MMTE7p1-oyBz-u31wlTNPNTohcT2RxIfh29tNCLEftrc7S5JOgJ_-kMnb8Ho32sLOxFTllmpBQTaijQt2ttT1mdgKPZIxSd5mo-5Z92JX4p86KpH9bY28/s4032/20230708_141623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wZyEMY2mrbepo_QbDqDhfQLY68m6YamtdsRoTOSVQbr_ODByogGbO8jbEnrgaeG47ejux6MMTE7p1-oyBz-u31wlTNPNTohcT2RxIfh29tNCLEftrc7S5JOgJ_-kMnb8Ho32sLOxFTllmpBQTaijQt2ttT1mdgKPZIxSd5mo-5Z92JX4p86KpH9bY28/w640-h480/20230708_141623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a very interesting and informative visit. I've always loved Eric Carle and often use his books in my teaching, so learning these facts about him was very cool.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And now we were on our way out to Great Barrington, MA. We stayed at the Thornewood Inn. It was a very nice place and very cozy. That first day we were there was nice and hot and sunny, so we swam in the beautiful pool and met some of our fellow travelers. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblbwRdfHUjGSQlgtTPvDA4edEHKj1qEv1THeG_fPpIN7724QE907ysWK_j5WR8i8PNYWQyejMxMntATaTMQep8Jmr0tlIE2w20w339aDFlYEC0ToUuqSH91E7EaHychd7Nqkqqwmx0PZozNAIQnWOUxe_uocYN-LCe9ATJ17Nznw4nlYtPFVS1s8Ri40/s4032/20230708_180325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblbwRdfHUjGSQlgtTPvDA4edEHKj1qEv1THeG_fPpIN7724QE907ysWK_j5WR8i8PNYWQyejMxMntATaTMQep8Jmr0tlIE2w20w339aDFlYEC0ToUuqSH91E7EaHychd7Nqkqqwmx0PZozNAIQnWOUxe_uocYN-LCe9ATJ17Nznw4nlYtPFVS1s8Ri40/w480-h640/20230708_180325.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVWxY4fqMVj6QBjIj4__YcxUN9XhBrwqAZEo_MUVOZTsgUrCeTiAEffxnYphf_yVnoAe0sL6Ravkp0_tvsPK0jQ9LhRdZJwaWF8RbrVHSTw_iEP1DLSJ3VkF8RmvCm6eWNCHZFi1Hpj3b2MvxrQX8DHkd_aQpBu41VLC5bA059K4MqzWi6wxp2Hekk2g/s4032/20230708_180308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVWxY4fqMVj6QBjIj4__YcxUN9XhBrwqAZEo_MUVOZTsgUrCeTiAEffxnYphf_yVnoAe0sL6Ravkp0_tvsPK0jQ9LhRdZJwaWF8RbrVHSTw_iEP1DLSJ3VkF8RmvCm6eWNCHZFi1Hpj3b2MvxrQX8DHkd_aQpBu41VLC5bA059K4MqzWi6wxp2Hekk2g/w640-h480/20230708_180308.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6rPMobJqwl_Rcuvh8nDnH3HSjdi1i7M2lJTK4-hTKvWHslAvGKBY4ANc8yv1e0-I9DKR2FWFEzgQBFyReeI8dBPH_Akc5sd6dYrA_BOfiAgJFQt4V3j2_CUXIQdTA6FYawKi_k3CnZVISiZPZhBojYLAPa-KgJPv1_9gW9relY5Zx0csPrS9NSvJRHc/s4032/20230708_180312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6rPMobJqwl_Rcuvh8nDnH3HSjdi1i7M2lJTK4-hTKvWHslAvGKBY4ANc8yv1e0-I9DKR2FWFEzgQBFyReeI8dBPH_Akc5sd6dYrA_BOfiAgJFQt4V3j2_CUXIQdTA6FYawKi_k3CnZVISiZPZhBojYLAPa-KgJPv1_9gW9relY5Zx0csPrS9NSvJRHc/w480-h640/20230708_180312.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">On our itinerary for Saturday night, and the main reason for our visit to Western MA, was a concert at the famous Guthrie Center. This iconic venue was originated in the song, "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie, and the site of the famous garbage incident in the song. Arlo's family took the venue, which was an old church, and turned it into an entertainment center. It's been on Hubby's bucket list for a long time.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4d9FK3PNdTczUdu6Oxu-MTPh9nmkc7-lEbXZMQ9WRJsoVKTaKvZ7IRNUTIeKdEbsmG48WTJRqyih6Q-SFSbo3gLqDPcKvSY8mqW_aJjoOx-MUvM14cXn0yzfUBPm44weG_itQlxLKPEsv1hpSaUOgOSxvtHwTOn3M6rZd4rGjRRcIrcGaRdOOxceIUc/s4032/20230708_194900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4d9FK3PNdTczUdu6Oxu-MTPh9nmkc7-lEbXZMQ9WRJsoVKTaKvZ7IRNUTIeKdEbsmG48WTJRqyih6Q-SFSbo3gLqDPcKvSY8mqW_aJjoOx-MUvM14cXn0yzfUBPm44weG_itQlxLKPEsv1hpSaUOgOSxvtHwTOn3M6rZd4rGjRRcIrcGaRdOOxceIUc/w480-h640/20230708_194900.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdXxxcZpJpcrn-j1ZqlxmLnAcNyhwPmZ9d983pRHyOEFXzcKMQ8WYE8HF4e5H-bMDsvNz0a_UckD5OMTgbpb6wUM8zN2engcVypjBTidM2kV_ZaIQ_Slzz18Fdy4Fr4mqA6J6VGn6rGyeCiJDWwOuD0GO-bCLxiFNsEH11vz3vqhqx6n1M25mgd1aHRY/s4032/20230708_194917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdXxxcZpJpcrn-j1ZqlxmLnAcNyhwPmZ9d983pRHyOEFXzcKMQ8WYE8HF4e5H-bMDsvNz0a_UckD5OMTgbpb6wUM8zN2engcVypjBTidM2kV_ZaIQ_Slzz18Fdy4Fr4mqA6J6VGn6rGyeCiJDWwOuD0GO-bCLxiFNsEH11vz3vqhqx6n1M25mgd1aHRY/w480-h640/20230708_194917.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQL-oAw796tMkoT9hWICqBJ9uTIWKPq0V0fdOcXAq_FoFdCyVzzAm-ewZh1tdSCeIjVBXbe3dvjYqTG7d2Q9_B5MooGbGnWr2OkjmrDcv1zR0jmUzwG0mSOwdkZXaKHSS8V6vT4lmz1xfWLOEggnaMR__Gs_jmTTZPGLF__kEshP0rvsvXl7Ff3Vz_gNc/s4032/20230708_194926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQL-oAw796tMkoT9hWICqBJ9uTIWKPq0V0fdOcXAq_FoFdCyVzzAm-ewZh1tdSCeIjVBXbe3dvjYqTG7d2Q9_B5MooGbGnWr2OkjmrDcv1zR0jmUzwG0mSOwdkZXaKHSS8V6vT4lmz1xfWLOEggnaMR__Gs_jmTTZPGLF__kEshP0rvsvXl7Ff3Vz_gNc/w480-h640/20230708_194926.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPIdAkrQOvL52LRFyN6HJME2IktGqRrg0dGL3yyez6_kL-oQsw6MFuOI0PJMlevSpAnDlqq-Vo_oC4uiK1BPGsrgXzdBznNP9wlqItOBtsb3jIa3TTrKg2FdHm-ETac7cjr4a6H-BA5_8St-9QYCjYS3775lD-ADRiJ80AN4GK6x1ejVzc6sc8AiB1Dc/s4032/20230708_195846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPIdAkrQOvL52LRFyN6HJME2IktGqRrg0dGL3yyez6_kL-oQsw6MFuOI0PJMlevSpAnDlqq-Vo_oC4uiK1BPGsrgXzdBznNP9wlqItOBtsb3jIa3TTrKg2FdHm-ETac7cjr4a6H-BA5_8St-9QYCjYS3775lD-ADRiJ80AN4GK6x1ejVzc6sc8AiB1Dc/w480-h640/20230708_195846.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought it was pretty cool that we were greeted by Arlo's grandson, Mo. He was so personable and gracious and very happy to be working at the venue his Grandfather's family created.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The opening set was by a young man named Owen. The Guthrie Center likes to spotlight new and emerging talent.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-vx9JExmdgZU7ClM1_H8DITo9KFXBhE0gqTdAAKinBLPZLfMIbvirCZY7Vtqhw0Y3CI6leaTmyhkCdAVFYiElzxszg7SpS05wKvM4u37W0RCZn01akV6REeh97VAIizNbMVB7pyq1GnLtsbe5TjPeaWD58xut2_EVQV3p1XZlJ3lD8VQjAblbBqGcDE/s4032/20230708_200615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-vx9JExmdgZU7ClM1_H8DITo9KFXBhE0gqTdAAKinBLPZLfMIbvirCZY7Vtqhw0Y3CI6leaTmyhkCdAVFYiElzxszg7SpS05wKvM4u37W0RCZn01akV6REeh97VAIizNbMVB7pyq1GnLtsbe5TjPeaWD58xut2_EVQV3p1XZlJ3lD8VQjAblbBqGcDE/w480-h640/20230708_200615.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">The Main Event was Vance Gilbert, a singer/songwriter who has been producing music for over 30 years. He had some beautiful songs, both sad and funny, as well as some very interesting arrangements of a couple of cover songs. He was very personable with the audience. He spent his entire intermission break greeting and talking to people in the crowd.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDpsmE8i9GOgafeFh955OETxeHSNkCYGT7RRNo3tdZ5OApyXwxLNRUEmTZekLiE1x1jopMqF5qbcSTah7kMqyrZdYOpkspeQJtaxhLTmhaW1WqZh3009zI_w0PB25_lXr0yACZATRGy0sPWThIxJ2L4IOLHWCU93A5senXYw8WU_waAIxLCIiCazzDQM/s4032/20230708_202704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDpsmE8i9GOgafeFh955OETxeHSNkCYGT7RRNo3tdZ5OApyXwxLNRUEmTZekLiE1x1jopMqF5qbcSTah7kMqyrZdYOpkspeQJtaxhLTmhaW1WqZh3009zI_w0PB25_lXr0yACZATRGy0sPWThIxJ2L4IOLHWCU93A5senXYw8WU_waAIxLCIiCazzDQM/w480-h640/20230708_202704.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Oy0R1Cu-CT_rH7MCnTspV2dz1NTCQHSyRrNFmv4qTJrdHcrWmNX1n5CkFc2AScIBiFdTAu93hpTnuY9BQ4uQ_cdesaHh7tzLI3xuEdLwhTg1Av-wUBl2_DfFdTjpxF6VcjKQb_qe4DYs9RN_UbM-ANz1c3zpG4IJR_9qbbuQ2kIuFg4ljVBXNBJ22d0/s4032/20230708_202712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Oy0R1Cu-CT_rH7MCnTspV2dz1NTCQHSyRrNFmv4qTJrdHcrWmNX1n5CkFc2AScIBiFdTAu93hpTnuY9BQ4uQ_cdesaHh7tzLI3xuEdLwhTg1Av-wUBl2_DfFdTjpxF6VcjKQb_qe4DYs9RN_UbM-ANz1c3zpG4IJR_9qbbuQ2kIuFg4ljVBXNBJ22d0/w480-h640/20230708_202712.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFct06wkCvFaLU4p1BUHzU3LwtB_4CtjrGQsBTRnsLZVyAxZrOe7dOzLH3kaT1bToWpXU9Tk-XtO7Mhk5OwriGQb59WVjhnloSETM3zWUDFq-QqdtYhI1zcYgnfONXoAvilaR6O8V5G-bv0Gv3-XBYGWyvayGCcuTFlEwdqxFkehjLodXlbS5RgNJBL0/s4032/20230708_204042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFct06wkCvFaLU4p1BUHzU3LwtB_4CtjrGQsBTRnsLZVyAxZrOe7dOzLH3kaT1bToWpXU9Tk-XtO7Mhk5OwriGQb59WVjhnloSETM3zWUDFq-QqdtYhI1zcYgnfONXoAvilaR6O8V5G-bv0Gv3-XBYGWyvayGCcuTFlEwdqxFkehjLodXlbS5RgNJBL0/w480-h640/20230708_204042.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_45YzhDwDQCwMRyGaJa1Gbx1pG5CZGgikY751700h9M5vpLVYIKfL_j_IDgkyIkM8W2jIRECapzXWJSHLMYHnuXI7_ap7cSvdB5Fp9xYrlYBRATMVTuwkJokN8nECDAwjrf5cTSmD_typxsVsH-uXCedhXScpdm1KTcwARbJOHK4BuVQ3beGSMz2lMk/s4032/20230708_211554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_45YzhDwDQCwMRyGaJa1Gbx1pG5CZGgikY751700h9M5vpLVYIKfL_j_IDgkyIkM8W2jIRECapzXWJSHLMYHnuXI7_ap7cSvdB5Fp9xYrlYBRATMVTuwkJokN8nECDAwjrf5cTSmD_typxsVsH-uXCedhXScpdm1KTcwARbJOHK4BuVQ3beGSMz2lMk/w480-h640/20230708_211554.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Sunday we visited my favorite museum, The Norman Rockwell. We go there every time we visit the Berkshires.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtc2D4_LE_L2fc3LHKeSPCmNER2V-vsl2_-1dGleS79PU5NpU9ChAGJ-PDM9o1-IUk7nriY5OvDC_eooaS8U3ytPOAq-BucYwgws-V17jbhIHRybNrcyCJfwlOpXGY7cSwYOHhWOt5ypp5dKIdPQONZyoHBq-DHK03LwR10V6P2R8nM7aGk8U2GwIfGvU/s4032/20230709_131812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtc2D4_LE_L2fc3LHKeSPCmNER2V-vsl2_-1dGleS79PU5NpU9ChAGJ-PDM9o1-IUk7nriY5OvDC_eooaS8U3ytPOAq-BucYwgws-V17jbhIHRybNrcyCJfwlOpXGY7cSwYOHhWOt5ypp5dKIdPQONZyoHBq-DHK03LwR10V6P2R8nM7aGk8U2GwIfGvU/w480-h640/20230709_131812.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His beautiful 26" x 95" painting of "downtown" Stockbridge. We visited one December so we could visit the real Stockbridge, where they recreate this scene every year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-KdUNzi6yw1Kj418BygL2-Ube64qI4GcnAMyY-o1GJ3Y3gHj02lxKLWRgSxAaGLRTchLrq8j37bERVY0j-mcwMuayHkwdhH7IJbIPOLOC9iMxUvf7gQlMT7hRgRfoLhx-mDb7TQEDFP2qBFT1n1rhB9A_PMFbzcVRwqxhSrzlokvt1-3GjLJP_2n3uw/s4032/20230709_110428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-KdUNzi6yw1Kj418BygL2-Ube64qI4GcnAMyY-o1GJ3Y3gHj02lxKLWRgSxAaGLRTchLrq8j37bERVY0j-mcwMuayHkwdhH7IJbIPOLOC9iMxUvf7gQlMT7hRgRfoLhx-mDb7TQEDFP2qBFT1n1rhB9A_PMFbzcVRwqxhSrzlokvt1-3GjLJP_2n3uw/w640-h480/20230709_110428.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Norman Rockwell was very interested in Human Rights and painted some of his most iconic paintings during the 60's and 70's. He has a stunning painting of Ruby Bridges entering school escorted by Federal Marshalls. They ran a video of an interview with the present-day Ruby Bridges, talking about her memories of those school days and how she wondered why no one would play with her.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYSYhF1PETxcqik-YN06iTd3mmYABC5q6Arh8MuRlq47RPNuuadVgVmt0WR0UcVhjPVaQ-EbzQVoeW8FT2ISHtT9xllKFgvrKcI0dKtjCeu2yW9qBnfYvuItJkll08h96KMKKTVyLlgd0Ozki6nEQ9s_1Q4SOlBlNhyEEXzvtQ_UUHoNgNsIbXkZKLBY/s4032/20230709_111712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYSYhF1PETxcqik-YN06iTd3mmYABC5q6Arh8MuRlq47RPNuuadVgVmt0WR0UcVhjPVaQ-EbzQVoeW8FT2ISHtT9xllKFgvrKcI0dKtjCeu2yW9qBnfYvuItJkll08h96KMKKTVyLlgd0Ozki6nEQ9s_1Q4SOlBlNhyEEXzvtQ_UUHoNgNsIbXkZKLBY/w640-h480/20230709_111712.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favorite paintings, part of his 4-painting series on American Freedoms. This one is called, "Freedom from Want".</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzWge4FRB8Rfto4zN7zhk9Q08QEEV0M9bYHbE9Tyce_e3Rv8Ew0KRqIv7NGO_Eofw0BUWouQ-cL-zZ0baM8WD2CvIYquVLTEiaTjxE1EnvzVwWeMhJougnoAccibqfX73-O25FBqv__vKO864Ssb4-oqxtfKzbFwx7Tx7m1T_-hxJMn93a3rqIijFFgs/s4032/20230709_113041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzWge4FRB8Rfto4zN7zhk9Q08QEEV0M9bYHbE9Tyce_e3Rv8Ew0KRqIv7NGO_Eofw0BUWouQ-cL-zZ0baM8WD2CvIYquVLTEiaTjxE1EnvzVwWeMhJougnoAccibqfX73-O25FBqv__vKO864Ssb4-oqxtfKzbFwx7Tx7m1T_-hxJMn93a3rqIijFFgs/w480-h640/20230709_113041.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Just one of my favorites.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiWZ9j_HG7mKyCjytjCeLm4DRjoBOj2S1x4qncgKuZ2jvJvE2ttBuFluVT-kPjvBYpjLs-bzokn-P98LkfR8EiMHZCqMttVZl7WOT72-e8drPUzJbHq0r3iwzz-zcfQKnFFyHmZk56RXmdRUPZXV--G1gSd26msoLDSE6LiruSwScDlWuYylPwm6PNTM/s4032/20230709_122422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiWZ9j_HG7mKyCjytjCeLm4DRjoBOj2S1x4qncgKuZ2jvJvE2ttBuFluVT-kPjvBYpjLs-bzokn-P98LkfR8EiMHZCqMttVZl7WOT72-e8drPUzJbHq0r3iwzz-zcfQKnFFyHmZk56RXmdRUPZXV--G1gSd26msoLDSE6LiruSwScDlWuYylPwm6PNTM/w480-h640/20230709_122422.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p>The room downstairs depicting all 321 of Norman Rockwell's Post covers. They take up three walls!<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonXH0lregqR1xCooySSCNUuJJXCnTy_sqeWSVG_01K4-FmrjFNizQzxviBSHAQCgUrTg_Jg6JmMZq_WEETRZCPJSIWtXbe05QHdB44PRQbO1_PPEMhjdludj3_n7TiBT2MH4MwHmSjS1tY26ntvCd7KKeYh4aMuQKtgicD_Q6EWLI-2TP9l8uVRcnI0A/s4032/20230709_130456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonXH0lregqR1xCooySSCNUuJJXCnTy_sqeWSVG_01K4-FmrjFNizQzxviBSHAQCgUrTg_Jg6JmMZq_WEETRZCPJSIWtXbe05QHdB44PRQbO1_PPEMhjdludj3_n7TiBT2MH4MwHmSjS1tY26ntvCd7KKeYh4aMuQKtgicD_Q6EWLI-2TP9l8uVRcnI0A/w480-h640/20230709_130456.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the afternoon we visited downtown Stockbridge and guess what Hubby found!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7EPBYV-qDlTf9M3hJUl6q8UL1AKAUU_7LiQ4RqASRG7VsuZCTYnVEQWm_MeImLVxQdInld-pmLUc0-Q4l44IefWrg7erDmAr7GTSNAmLbX_MRB4NiYf7XDm1dxlWhY6lhxh1mGj0v7dxvlcbrbn90Wr7e-Gjv8JHJT2Zjw08C8OLi5g7NSox3oKq-Jk/s4032/20230709_133543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7EPBYV-qDlTf9M3hJUl6q8UL1AKAUU_7LiQ4RqASRG7VsuZCTYnVEQWm_MeImLVxQdInld-pmLUc0-Q4l44IefWrg7erDmAr7GTSNAmLbX_MRB4NiYf7XDm1dxlWhY6lhxh1mGj0v7dxvlcbrbn90Wr7e-Gjv8JHJT2Zjw08C8OLi5g7NSox3oKq-Jk/w480-h640/20230709_133543.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HXA92jHTPgBW82r0QT9UBEpTw3aXk25VuM_Si0uaQDOODGSGkha2qyG-Zpy5yxjCb61H72e5Jq2CO9Qpc1LYolAO8w-Hu1gQJ2Sz9QQNBhGU_tCk0tQF4i_77L5OAyuimSVGwLSxHvQPSwjQkCBbjtf2kVzaPqxOFnp274m-yJzy4dsACRsdCGhJ9D0/s4032/20230709_133647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HXA92jHTPgBW82r0QT9UBEpTw3aXk25VuM_Si0uaQDOODGSGkha2qyG-Zpy5yxjCb61H72e5Jq2CO9Qpc1LYolAO8w-Hu1gQJ2Sz9QQNBhGU_tCk0tQF4i_77L5OAyuimSVGwLSxHvQPSwjQkCBbjtf2kVzaPqxOFnp274m-yJzy4dsACRsdCGhJ9D0/w480-h640/20230709_133647.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And guess what Karen found!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8D8GiJPDruvtd5aOVGvT8lnPUmAkarUuqr7Uv81UOBY_KP1gjWOUmNJS2Q8zBGWSKQkUXDVk0M1bZ0Xxmq9jIqxun4qy02u8kAV_N3RVH5aYADzUdI0KR_YGSAN-k9DTN7n7qnR0zgNN9rhFvpcC7f-GByq-dSZU2-EcZKvy0Y7zFy3kJNXC6k_v5kU0/s3264/20230709_135810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="3264" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8D8GiJPDruvtd5aOVGvT8lnPUmAkarUuqr7Uv81UOBY_KP1gjWOUmNJS2Q8zBGWSKQkUXDVk0M1bZ0Xxmq9jIqxun4qy02u8kAV_N3RVH5aYADzUdI0KR_YGSAN-k9DTN7n7qnR0zgNN9rhFvpcC7f-GByq-dSZU2-EcZKvy0Y7zFy3kJNXC6k_v5kU0/w640-h312/20230709_135810.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday night we drove a half hour to Chatham, NY to the Mac-Haydn Theater to see a stage production of "Footloose". It's a theater-in-the-round, holding only about 350 people. We were practically right on stage with the actors!! We weren't allowed to take pictures during the performance, but the singing and dancing<span> were sensational! Too bad the theater is so far from home, because next week they're doing "The Sound of Music"!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27ILF7qm7e2mo4zC9caJ2mPoml9Hod3U1SQ5t_OmVvoD8PlSX_reipQwOlm8BAIx6rq-sezwWaE5DhUXtBLsMHHuljE9fWCo5z7k6VoW0Kmf-njz5JsnQquytu_ctzf4WQrS9aYv2kwwACC6qDS4ymhEiH9dwxZv-HzMQhyEjGQMn7Izeddc9a_HTQkQ/s4032/20230709_184658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27ILF7qm7e2mo4zC9caJ2mPoml9Hod3U1SQ5t_OmVvoD8PlSX_reipQwOlm8BAIx6rq-sezwWaE5DhUXtBLsMHHuljE9fWCo5z7k6VoW0Kmf-njz5JsnQquytu_ctzf4WQrS9aYv2kwwACC6qDS4ymhEiH9dwxZv-HzMQhyEjGQMn7Izeddc9a_HTQkQ/w480-h640/20230709_184658.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrl1YyLH0ZyNFrU1vt7Qq1J7jcJkqOUUw9JXGDl4J2nUZZ7pbXjiGjp9dnGjVYaKT8KC5Qw39xCTorFeLH2wEMlHL8x9E9yxSj2KX11LyNAnB0W-MIb0QKqfT634SvRy8d9OY1Ln6Mso-3Gi1jJ2TNBKjShI27RZNpnMjojIT9SWsOL0h4bKQq5WY80Kc/s4032/20230709_184704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrl1YyLH0ZyNFrU1vt7Qq1J7jcJkqOUUw9JXGDl4J2nUZZ7pbXjiGjp9dnGjVYaKT8KC5Qw39xCTorFeLH2wEMlHL8x9E9yxSj2KX11LyNAnB0W-MIb0QKqfT634SvRy8d9OY1Ln6Mso-3Gi1jJ2TNBKjShI27RZNpnMjojIT9SWsOL0h4bKQq5WY80Kc/w480-h640/20230709_184704.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">We packed a lot into a short weekend, but what a trip!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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We were very pleased with the accommodations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynYjHxMhalqSeMstnrIlwUJT9DC6R9BlwW2jYP9iyKg8tK2V8ZI9WMAltktyrkgOV0prjijDIT5fT-3NcCJRD2T4QT62FGze2hQQa37omZsz108yqmqHlUgpl20rhAU-qtS-jLSVZLUv_YUIWnAv44lGamtHinkgb5NaoXCfoMO59fgyBRxbOWAeJ/s4032/20220605_200641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynYjHxMhalqSeMstnrIlwUJT9DC6R9BlwW2jYP9iyKg8tK2V8ZI9WMAltktyrkgOV0prjijDIT5fT-3NcCJRD2T4QT62FGze2hQQa37omZsz108yqmqHlUgpl20rhAU-qtS-jLSVZLUv_YUIWnAv44lGamtHinkgb5NaoXCfoMO59fgyBRxbOWAeJ/s320/20220605_200641.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The grounds were beautifully kept. They had a huge patio.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuqg1mkRaoEoQQkztwzvtsXPqvB90JGYLwg013Ebj4jXeSi4eP6D_0TgNUgx464xkIuEkPcIzwFVVUTaQCywbFzZiZ4ZtnRhumwO8sdb_HstqdDBGkGvm1goqk9I_kuijvN4q0O0NwGwU1oTy14inJgn8_8T2XOt6UD3XSU2If6RmwuiQBbtnDpvh/s4032/20220605_162659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuqg1mkRaoEoQQkztwzvtsXPqvB90JGYLwg013Ebj4jXeSi4eP6D_0TgNUgx464xkIuEkPcIzwFVVUTaQCywbFzZiZ4ZtnRhumwO8sdb_HstqdDBGkGvm1goqk9I_kuijvN4q0O0NwGwU1oTy14inJgn8_8T2XOt6UD3XSU2If6RmwuiQBbtnDpvh/s320/20220605_162659.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Balcony rooms all facing the water.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgozycqZnGFuuVvO6lawB0KKnJLLra5-AUqpv0zoQ331VBWBrPsb2zmyOnPMWk0W_lFke9Mq37pqtYSovCxG78AUDqhimyDYAlJ0HvIKMqAuBW88KqiWREQMaRG3TJbEzQVY80fufc0lhugT0VIS-xsAIRMwFKS0IoNyZq5KUkcslwbAEm_8BNg6cW/s4032/20220605_163007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgozycqZnGFuuVvO6lawB0KKnJLLra5-AUqpv0zoQ331VBWBrPsb2zmyOnPMWk0W_lFke9Mq37pqtYSovCxG78AUDqhimyDYAlJ0HvIKMqAuBW88KqiWREQMaRG3TJbEzQVY80fufc0lhugT0VIS-xsAIRMwFKS0IoNyZq5KUkcslwbAEm_8BNg6cW/s320/20220605_163007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolDXOiXr694vkm3OTcGsjhVUmFTcbNm5hloOXIIl1OJjBVKaSg66lx-Uqi3CUkzJdBeApxSkeZP5eoR0SWMJ2tzg9GcvnuVZJ-3smFFcMJlpZKGDBjzyeINudmZmhntav77iSbNrWxk6LRIMJ84KUfJLf5WTlK-8USER_ifYbwk028GAKqmpyCduO/s4032/20220605_200340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolDXOiXr694vkm3OTcGsjhVUmFTcbNm5hloOXIIl1OJjBVKaSg66lx-Uqi3CUkzJdBeApxSkeZP5eoR0SWMJ2tzg9GcvnuVZJ-3smFFcMJlpZKGDBjzyeINudmZmhntav77iSbNrWxk6LRIMJ84KUfJLf5WTlK-8USER_ifYbwk028GAKqmpyCduO/s320/20220605_200340.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two fire pits to enjoy in the evening.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEYio9vNbNX6V-ycIyU5kifIPOBK2fs4w5t6BBIDFhNqCWqnLgI7whdKEo5aG4omRHjRXez90DoDQSEMI5EMmgTYMLAdjL8z--BGMrl6y2rQkQ4UpPadFvmZBaX6dlPlTrzRTG_4VJUS20742P2atrw94Q2bx8Oe_UW8C3t_gH596XQRiZ_i8356Y/s4032/20220605_200809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEYio9vNbNX6V-ycIyU5kifIPOBK2fs4w5t6BBIDFhNqCWqnLgI7whdKEo5aG4omRHjRXez90DoDQSEMI5EMmgTYMLAdjL8z--BGMrl6y2rQkQ4UpPadFvmZBaX6dlPlTrzRTG_4VJUS20742P2atrw94Q2bx8Oe_UW8C3t_gH596XQRiZ_i8356Y/s320/20220605_200809.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2Hg3BYz_aDCj42Hulefy6g-BDrrZ4kcTePc1eEylbDwtD2SKtssUFGeb4KpTtPhhlC9tkt3UpEu85qOTAd0Vc9vNk3N9J1jnrLb_9lVPUN-gT9I-Hd2bbBcVgQ8SnpwYx9nw0saBP4ESIBhY-Rk36TgX_-pDaCTk8mORjj90tfXb2cEytcB1KyTZ/s4032/20220606_082622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2Hg3BYz_aDCj42Hulefy6g-BDrrZ4kcTePc1eEylbDwtD2SKtssUFGeb4KpTtPhhlC9tkt3UpEu85qOTAd0Vc9vNk3N9J1jnrLb_9lVPUN-gT9I-Hd2bbBcVgQ8SnpwYx9nw0saBP4ESIBhY-Rk36TgX_-pDaCTk8mORjj90tfXb2cEytcB1KyTZ/s320/20220606_082622.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both inside and outside dining. We enjoyed a nice breakfast out on the patio one morning, and a delicious dinner inside on the day it rained.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHof5XZD8btfjEw2dfWvF6bTdEql4erC1YOQ2xH7Ffiyd4cz8OTZ8eNJoT-KAz4WTEkTehy4EGcw9HLHdWHaGbrxR3xY-N5tsGUarw2GS5m6ZFLRctUJ5O7R0reqnvLSnjkBOFmGJVF85w_Z68tn8c94DeMFaFwVBUNlftu_t8CMuJkXjkipiqG7zY/s4032/20220606_082625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHof5XZD8btfjEw2dfWvF6bTdEql4erC1YOQ2xH7Ffiyd4cz8OTZ8eNJoT-KAz4WTEkTehy4EGcw9HLHdWHaGbrxR3xY-N5tsGUarw2GS5m6ZFLRctUJ5O7R0reqnvLSnjkBOFmGJVF85w_Z68tn8c94DeMFaFwVBUNlftu_t8CMuJkXjkipiqG7zY/s320/20220606_082625.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffv1sjpsggyqBLh0ztAHuCjjOy_Ntv9dRoWQI6cCNNRgiqGn3_IcbkQZY3hhFHS1EumwszYpEid2vCGSEqnHr6cvBkDWPonSxOVlGWMJsCnGC3cnmfPaPeXsxRzzaYzY0O2eLLVASwcASBF6eFSem9_ySiKjBohcURz84uypNerA46MjerVMi1imS/s4032/20220606_082629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffv1sjpsggyqBLh0ztAHuCjjOy_Ntv9dRoWQI6cCNNRgiqGn3_IcbkQZY3hhFHS1EumwszYpEid2vCGSEqnHr6cvBkDWPonSxOVlGWMJsCnGC3cnmfPaPeXsxRzzaYzY0O2eLLVASwcASBF6eFSem9_ySiKjBohcURz84uypNerA46MjerVMi1imS/s320/20220606_082629.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a beautiful pathway leading from in front of the hotel to the downtown area. All along the way was a scenic view of the St. Lawrence River.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCn_4FmNZbKSbsMC_LpagoQ_UojIhS9yIPhWSbtIKEEcWnaKvDpsyJVUg6g5iwxJMEJVbHMmVzcfjtFpgV34K5uSxrgkQ7CphKZVUr4EqgyDNMaSG5hof51jh17WdCCAJLFHtFK7ymuDruF7n4z8Ash4HH4OwV7sMUuqMjWvgtuuAfVMhFJLuUAGB/s4032/20220605_200207_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCn_4FmNZbKSbsMC_LpagoQ_UojIhS9yIPhWSbtIKEEcWnaKvDpsyJVUg6g5iwxJMEJVbHMmVzcfjtFpgV34K5uSxrgkQ7CphKZVUr4EqgyDNMaSG5hof51jh17WdCCAJLFHtFK7ymuDruF7n4z8Ash4HH4OwV7sMUuqMjWvgtuuAfVMhFJLuUAGB/s320/20220605_200207_002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgul7YpyFukvNF9yIdX8xNuG4cV47EqVCv0vm8nVGcH866DEMvRoNCsoaijbmsb-br1WiEr62c3jRvrbl43WiwCPKfZ8KnZ7hqYX79pFyR11vEivUybkiA20hXu-Nya5elpmn9D31OPT-AcS2LvDzqtl2aoBCpoReW4hJLLwJf9fk93omU0HNydWBi3/s4032/20220606_075716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">There were plenty of benches along the river to sit and gaze at the river and the beautiful sky.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4LjNnb2UgwDwWmmVSHkDGBIE13ewjh_CinQqkJQWQ6EbeRDcB98r76GGLUOzAy5LlvYa-mX9BPPMxNeOXbvmPJeoXrM5ep5cK7MNWNcFzqWXiALttn7ANkvJg4BqooJAi2rVa_LG6a060r3VUprg-l12avGXem5iDtMiR1g7-aE4eExelS9lL8tb/s4032/20220605_203909_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4LjNnb2UgwDwWmmVSHkDGBIE13ewjh_CinQqkJQWQ6EbeRDcB98r76GGLUOzAy5LlvYa-mX9BPPMxNeOXbvmPJeoXrM5ep5cK7MNWNcFzqWXiALttn7ANkvJg4BqooJAi2rVa_LG6a060r3VUprg-l12avGXem5iDtMiR1g7-aE4eExelS9lL8tb/s320/20220605_203909_002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took two boat tours out of Alexandria Bay on Uncle Sam's Boat Tours. One was a "2 Castle Tour". The two famous castles in that area are the Singer Castle and the Boldt Castle. The other was called the "2 Nation Tour" because we went in and out between the US and Canada.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boat ride was very informative. There are actually 1,864 islands in the 1000 Island area. It's considered an island if: "It is at least one square foot, has a tree on it, and stays above the water 365 days a year." As you can imagine, there are quite a few of those! But there are also lots of bigger islands and they are all owned by someone, many with houses on them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObBqo4XQKFL73ZjcJIRnJYB_oQBCHKu7XQn3OvYyJSzowDffD6KZe9o6-oduIeeDRJd2k_PZox_vobclyaugxHiRJTxnYq87Fo_tHKx4s6vULkRKZ_ATcrqM6t6I9did1BN1e6zFsYf02-HbM2asYp7anDf6c5zKOW-EtgMsQepWXsldIC783L3zr/s4032/20220606_102458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObBqo4XQKFL73ZjcJIRnJYB_oQBCHKu7XQn3OvYyJSzowDffD6KZe9o6-oduIeeDRJd2k_PZox_vobclyaugxHiRJTxnYq87Fo_tHKx4s6vULkRKZ_ATcrqM6t6I9did1BN1e6zFsYf02-HbM2asYp7anDf6c5zKOW-EtgMsQepWXsldIC783L3zr/s320/20220606_102458.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAikovM6N6BzWNOrqPAAXkF2ALj-Zljh-N57kS70IDPF3HDz-hvZ2PdOY_T_YJOEnLJBa5etex2uLr6ISMmQVY_UvWHa8hJvtRJo-Yzl9FxidKYbPhwb4GXGadH9F0rTesFRcQcyAZA9FNDyA0ZHxhfxIhGE_-GkmWvhIkuNL3fwiCavi9MQTWsukz/s4032/20220606_104819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAikovM6N6BzWNOrqPAAXkF2ALj-Zljh-N57kS70IDPF3HDz-hvZ2PdOY_T_YJOEnLJBa5etex2uLr6ISMmQVY_UvWHa8hJvtRJo-Yzl9FxidKYbPhwb4GXGadH9F0rTesFRcQcyAZA9FNDyA0ZHxhfxIhGE_-GkmWvhIkuNL3fwiCavi9MQTWsukz/s320/20220606_104819.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many of the houses are owned by famous people as their summer homes. Our boat tours took us in and out of Canada. They do not want any island to be half and half in each country, so the line between Canada and the US goes in a zig zag between islands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bridge between Canada and the US</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwSqdGq_9c0EnHhraKrvc4-YOG_uzU_W870_Rvf-QAl6teeTe8waHW7htJFwOoRVFrDOdcVJfixEiFAYk3IBXh-AieBnXGP5bGWmB7DruPT2wtQVyuNb5fi4PtxSOdUuIOGTpsDvJTwcaIDalvwmnYy35r3jqGR_MtTqGqS1IfTRKgJilKY6YkWnV/s4032/20220608_134225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwSqdGq_9c0EnHhraKrvc4-YOG_uzU_W870_Rvf-QAl6teeTe8waHW7htJFwOoRVFrDOdcVJfixEiFAYk3IBXh-AieBnXGP5bGWmB7DruPT2wtQVyuNb5fi4PtxSOdUuIOGTpsDvJTwcaIDalvwmnYy35r3jqGR_MtTqGqS1IfTRKgJilKY6YkWnV/s320/20220608_134225.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of funny stories:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tour guide on our first boat ride announced that we would soon be passing over the only underwater attraction. Everyone, including us, got up to stand at the railing and look over to see something exciting.....perhaps a shipwreck? The guide started saying, "The bow of the boat is now over it......now it's about halfway.....and now it's under the stern." We didn't see anything! And then she said, "We passed over the International Border....we are now in Canada!" Everyone had fallen for the joke. The even funnier part was, when we took the second boat ride, the guide tried the same joke....but we knew what it was about and didn't get up. We were very amused watching all the people who did!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As the boat moved up and down the river, the guide pointed out many different houses. There was one tiny house on a small island, with a little bridge to an even smaller island. The guide told us the bigger island and house were in the US, and the smaller island was actually in Canada. The owner of both islands built the smallest "Peace Bridge" in the world to connect the two islands. And when he and his wife had an argument, he could take his six-pack of beer and his fishing pole and cross the bridge to flee the country!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first stop was Singer Castle. It was built by the owner of the Singer company, known for their sewing machines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QwKJ-rCfQUlfpRTEpGc9rcNDsHO1uCDU6H-75h67BHvhC0ZetMIgXclHAy7QZDZj0LPeusF25ZQ3El-qNJP_AsMj-L_DLpCM9kIH46_nVReJ7pLuBerzclemrZiTtyhI0AxcJshYpTnSic8ibTxvZXuJU4Sqv9p8g_xQidXl2h6yWX0LPtISpJk1/s4032/20220606_110554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QwKJ-rCfQUlfpRTEpGc9rcNDsHO1uCDU6H-75h67BHvhC0ZetMIgXclHAy7QZDZj0LPeusF25ZQ3El-qNJP_AsMj-L_DLpCM9kIH46_nVReJ7pLuBerzclemrZiTtyhI0AxcJshYpTnSic8ibTxvZXuJU4Sqv9p8g_xQidXl2h6yWX0LPtISpJk1/s320/20220606_110554.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They also had openings into the rooms for the servants to look through to see if the household needed anything without anyone having to call for the servant.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1K3ZoQDzhYSdtYYVJeFF6BOvGTnsrFdVw7wr3-1s3asXHpAl1TGM7VcFExRofClvtsXB_rr7wSPniq-8cUTc_kWRxT--p3mMlWuDxsYRgBas-c8sd1SXYO60FQsoDIOLo7JDIE2gViqo37JMPko7C4LDzysMf5OPIrqE9IN0Ic0d4hSchj-A0i1F6/s4032/20220606_112613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1K3ZoQDzhYSdtYYVJeFF6BOvGTnsrFdVw7wr3-1s3asXHpAl1TGM7VcFExRofClvtsXB_rr7wSPniq-8cUTc_kWRxT--p3mMlWuDxsYRgBas-c8sd1SXYO60FQsoDIOLo7JDIE2gViqo37JMPko7C4LDzysMf5OPIrqE9IN0Ic0d4hSchj-A0i1F6/s320/20220606_112613.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were quite a few of these.... many people want to donate them....the tour guide said, "Please don't give us any more...we have plenty!!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0Gw0KDo20IVLOTj8ZayztDZEyweUxsDqHKIX1tV2LKMjDUQw_lAQWRF2NEMmFkROd3XxFZfRy85GI3Mk-VRLBnoI4gIAzHL4lyDWTELAxsPz9iz44mKQ4zY6inY7d1lr7P1TLLX4bf5u7m36_OFvMudiipRqpDH-HAPyd4Nhp2AtHoODhILkDvAZ/s4032/20220606_112815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0Gw0KDo20IVLOTj8ZayztDZEyweUxsDqHKIX1tV2LKMjDUQw_lAQWRF2NEMmFkROd3XxFZfRy85GI3Mk-VRLBnoI4gIAzHL4lyDWTELAxsPz9iz44mKQ4zY6inY7d1lr7P1TLLX4bf5u7m36_OFvMudiipRqpDH-HAPyd4Nhp2AtHoODhILkDvAZ/s320/20220606_112815.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2dLwa48uUCfE8QaJeGu4lW5wVilTlbxt0Cqg8FAUcMi47YfC-jAszQby2l8-aprAdl3aG8p3XGIWn0SZishADa6r6jzxmCTH0Bx5u6L10OqKI5qWsHXCS5ibLZKsEtaEKwe1iKxKvyJkMI5ErHWVyyfI6ozhhzJ2dvWgPUWDhNYEkQ3bbdoUgSti/s4032/20220606_113532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2dLwa48uUCfE8QaJeGu4lW5wVilTlbxt0Cqg8FAUcMi47YfC-jAszQby2l8-aprAdl3aG8p3XGIWn0SZishADa6r6jzxmCTH0Bx5u6L10OqKI5qWsHXCS5ibLZKsEtaEKwe1iKxKvyJkMI5ErHWVyyfI6ozhhzJ2dvWgPUWDhNYEkQ3bbdoUgSti/s320/20220606_113532.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can actually rent the castle for the night. It includes accommodations, food and access to all the hidden passageways.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CEfW47CmYSkNwONv8yJTDk_45o2-lCyEBHoXn2V7JBFagUHiwuOHP8xu6k6fkXWIf5SI6hb35bvGq7QBDxoCgGMmvPARODZbCndCclmmGTj7tr8dMf7T2gM-5m-E94iZImbtOd-y5nkgQKT9ZDuVLQYQSwJAsPbXP_nyZhuSE62k-ybA-wRIcNOc/s4032/20220606_113606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CEfW47CmYSkNwONv8yJTDk_45o2-lCyEBHoXn2V7JBFagUHiwuOHP8xu6k6fkXWIf5SI6hb35bvGq7QBDxoCgGMmvPARODZbCndCclmmGTj7tr8dMf7T2gM-5m-E94iZImbtOd-y5nkgQKT9ZDuVLQYQSwJAsPbXP_nyZhuSE62k-ybA-wRIcNOc/s320/20220606_113606.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5NNxdjOnf6LqXOVXDUVo4ouCKs6kbQnvVwYAp_3WQg0LhX6gJczw_X2LrcJxjN6zjRUiwIpfrXfh6R7OFOyct56UihyJwRX_x4dKmXG5-z_M1mXYJIGYfsGkaGCHbadF1VIGEnb-kNyHXOLkTTE20LBZ-YXRAsIWPLoH5D6hYL0Pr5gmYMa3hoZj/s4032/20220606_113620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5NNxdjOnf6LqXOVXDUVo4ouCKs6kbQnvVwYAp_3WQg0LhX6gJczw_X2LrcJxjN6zjRUiwIpfrXfh6R7OFOyct56UihyJwRX_x4dKmXG5-z_M1mXYJIGYfsGkaGCHbadF1VIGEnb-kNyHXOLkTTE20LBZ-YXRAsIWPLoH5D6hYL0Pr5gmYMa3hoZj/s320/20220606_113620.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The master bedroom. Note that the man's headboard is slightly taller than the woman's.....to show his superiority!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGcXgz36ZFGMorxxWRAP2Ixhv_fmj9r0afl4qTYDD42jaLfO8RkbbquuPnycwDK53UsKfB4xcu9edCnyRkNf6M0-lEcvWGlpIeZq1Ph4aJNW3sVF-hWg47rPulR70fxmcrVEaRxcj6QrQHLY3BfaF_7vMjN_0iwH3qwB6jHCYtUtCM_4qkrCDzEXO/s4032/20220606_114828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGcXgz36ZFGMorxxWRAP2Ixhv_fmj9r0afl4qTYDD42jaLfO8RkbbquuPnycwDK53UsKfB4xcu9edCnyRkNf6M0-lEcvWGlpIeZq1Ph4aJNW3sVF-hWg47rPulR70fxmcrVEaRxcj6QrQHLY3BfaF_7vMjN_0iwH3qwB6jHCYtUtCM_4qkrCDzEXO/s320/20220606_114828.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our tour then took us over to Boldt Castle. This castle was being built by a millionaire who made his money with the Waldorf-Astoria Hotels. He was building it for his wife, who tragically died before the castle was finished. At that time, Boldt ceased all work on the castle and never stepped foot on the island again. The castle was falling to ruins, when a preservation society bought it in the 1970's and began renovating it. So far, they've completed renovating 2 of the 5 floors, and have spent 50 million dollars on the renovations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMEm1fBSlkA_FnDqfOQyCaSjoDaQanF4t2iK6Xl4YsRP8IkxnO9I5En8UTm4h6DSOZphU_g_trIchWn4ocV2PamfapWfk3hj8X4HsJ-R0oT61mpsXGRWSk9IWSp_Te3WLZxJ8CtA3DSkWp9EJFU0tfWYq8iMwg2JjYxgi0uckEa22v04NBelVAeWQ/s4032/20220606_134014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMEm1fBSlkA_FnDqfOQyCaSjoDaQanF4t2iK6Xl4YsRP8IkxnO9I5En8UTm4h6DSOZphU_g_trIchWn4ocV2PamfapWfk3hj8X4HsJ-R0oT61mpsXGRWSk9IWSp_Te3WLZxJ8CtA3DSkWp9EJFU0tfWYq8iMwg2JjYxgi0uckEa22v04NBelVAeWQ/s320/20220606_134014.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "Gateway", where Boldt would greet his guests as they came over by boat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLc0lpuSADT1ZDFTi1h4HHCN4lTPXc_zkgDD1hdedfbUHWfnjlrLXkS3DME7-jbJWjlxEIq7IowGpZRu2FhTEmRH3T1Oyperw2yfuKQc0IZA-GlrX12RnH2CaRv2aJmQdOhuvR_k3vgjNQksZv-rVWLL2Gmld6VLjCIlPF1ZcC81026ByrKPC6vUD/s4032/20220606_134327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLc0lpuSADT1ZDFTi1h4HHCN4lTPXc_zkgDD1hdedfbUHWfnjlrLXkS3DME7-jbJWjlxEIq7IowGpZRu2FhTEmRH3T1Oyperw2yfuKQc0IZA-GlrX12RnH2CaRv2aJmQdOhuvR_k3vgjNQksZv-rVWLL2Gmld6VLjCIlPF1ZcC81026ByrKPC6vUD/s320/20220606_134327.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a bowling alley!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ba_0jeCC8HdtGbmfRyZQIHEFom1N-uTDUIE1n8zIW5oe9R0TcwYxsY38O1ckL1mSE4QcPw7PIohvgdyElxWLlWpxwJNKFUjLSxJEzL0SlReIUjVm1XscuKdlLnQLg7pBhtZtdA3-hAotox4p9ZLbLAukYsCpjlhtnFYn8RrA5AY1pnnKOolmW7z-/s4032/20220606_134934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ba_0jeCC8HdtGbmfRyZQIHEFom1N-uTDUIE1n8zIW5oe9R0TcwYxsY38O1ckL1mSE4QcPw7PIohvgdyElxWLlWpxwJNKFUjLSxJEzL0SlReIUjVm1XscuKdlLnQLg7pBhtZtdA3-hAotox4p9ZLbLAukYsCpjlhtnFYn8RrA5AY1pnnKOolmW7z-/s320/20220606_134934.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmEgXU0-ddGdE6YUKys57XhckPLheP70vUKFhXpFLUqbJF-hzvooJZK0xMsdeUbOH-HQ5t4BrQUrQtGJPdDRaEbb7cHdqMZYWWIsYd8ubC9eJUdY60z8ZbauNpcbMoVjZ6qZMyXWYjfGvG6_cpitTRMhkSfZYrcvf6M8n8mFwY9BuNjmCW7y5NPUp/s4032/20220606_140202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We fell in love with this little restaurant. We ate breakfast there the rest of our stay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC2H9dXIahTA-XQZbhzhXMrhbcXzl0s9xdU3CUtuVIDmrBfREooNH2je9C7f8igpFvaSu9VoZCqvBP4AAzIkSqr2Cxs3r7GBV1FsS8MMD-iYt2xqaxfOF_WHLgVS0CV34OKFOX9l4QzCyKBp9rBAJlg1nr7kSSBsj1joKaNc0qYVOmbCMz5NtlUF_/s4032/20220607_110935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC2H9dXIahTA-XQZbhzhXMrhbcXzl0s9xdU3CUtuVIDmrBfREooNH2je9C7f8igpFvaSu9VoZCqvBP4AAzIkSqr2Cxs3r7GBV1FsS8MMD-iYt2xqaxfOF_WHLgVS0CV34OKFOX9l4QzCyKBp9rBAJlg1nr7kSSBsj1joKaNc0qYVOmbCMz5NtlUF_/s320/20220607_110935.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojls0RgDwSWVwewcvmkfvF2LrZuT7KQeOqb1C4TXC4B4THXqqodxq7MIlRyuklt__CDW5xQKY9fxr7MizuUIp-6PjeQRk0d7lMcB4IViXqcv0lUKw-6J7vRaswJfuphdjY5IyBSIs4uf0tr_HiLLz25hm_22C80q3AtsPAixlSZBO78RXKdE9xZ0S/s4032/20220607_110938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojls0RgDwSWVwewcvmkfvF2LrZuT7KQeOqb1C4TXC4B4THXqqodxq7MIlRyuklt__CDW5xQKY9fxr7MizuUIp-6PjeQRk0d7lMcB4IViXqcv0lUKw-6J7vRaswJfuphdjY5IyBSIs4uf0tr_HiLLz25hm_22C80q3AtsPAixlSZBO78RXKdE9xZ0S/s320/20220607_110938.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzq_-kPYXfaCfgYLltCwp92sxquWQfO0jB-dHYx-rD06quqXuDGWX6jFQh-8kgebjJNErFTxB_LfeJxqsOR5xp-IyGXFEsK17Ke3CkQPRHW7B23ZcOj89FsxipIIQADryTbA2bfXI2edQLNE0uRO0O9W_ifUS2SRMQM3K6fCAVspV8Osg9XkLre35/s4032/20220608_093540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzq_-kPYXfaCfgYLltCwp92sxquWQfO0jB-dHYx-rD06quqXuDGWX6jFQh-8kgebjJNErFTxB_LfeJxqsOR5xp-IyGXFEsK17Ke3CkQPRHW7B23ZcOj89FsxipIIQADryTbA2bfXI2edQLNE0uRO0O9W_ifUS2SRMQM3K6fCAVspV8Osg9XkLre35/s320/20220608_093540.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, we were there during the week so actually had a hard time finding places to eat dinner. There was really no place to write home about.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did, however, find River Rat Cheese, which had not only cheese but lots of candy, fudge and the famous 1000 Island dressing!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRely1WW9-A3xqQmlQvVzuESXzG4LZYvq3dDo5GalENI6K-5WIep4WlxzSVb9LGhQa-qoNw0fOZesuVNqZKH4hbHbFk0laDCSEAvB-fJkAwGAQ-Pem51GhdQRRTz6vgGz92eRa_SQyn13ChmL-0ovLI-MPtIxG411kIvQX9NlAJ8UTg6p8hrewo27/s4032/20220607_112203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRely1WW9-A3xqQmlQvVzuESXzG4LZYvq3dDo5GalENI6K-5WIep4WlxzSVb9LGhQa-qoNw0fOZesuVNqZKH4hbHbFk0laDCSEAvB-fJkAwGAQ-Pem51GhdQRRTz6vgGz92eRa_SQyn13ChmL-0ovLI-MPtIxG411kIvQX9NlAJ8UTg6p8hrewo27/s320/20220607_112203.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to the 1000 Islands Art Center....they had a room full of looms and this colorful display of threads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM4kAnPlvdFECZaQm3yZEete9rr9-sGmznQJmAztG60eYHu9NQVHDaIq4S_8SNBX1I-DwSiJYwiF8rgW8F8FNwGg2wGX_QxNEOiQ7Fo1bcfnFwZMzpyMEmnab1tSq_EE1eckdS392o0BGRS9qlzhI5CVUj3e9lYQlMGuVlxM1lRzvGOnNxOH52e23/s4032/20220607_115705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM4kAnPlvdFECZaQm3yZEete9rr9-sGmznQJmAztG60eYHu9NQVHDaIq4S_8SNBX1I-DwSiJYwiF8rgW8F8FNwGg2wGX_QxNEOiQ7Fo1bcfnFwZMzpyMEmnab1tSq_EE1eckdS392o0BGRS9qlzhI5CVUj3e9lYQlMGuVlxM1lRzvGOnNxOH52e23/s320/20220607_115705.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Besides the artwork, the architecture of the place was beautiful as well. Sorry...no pictures!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDrdKiuaL5zpu2tBhj62K587tCa57qc9Uh503TB8m3XFTW-ci6zfSLa7TpLpt6zVRruPRd6QUFi5hhErp90yY9svzZjb1qg5j5Y8uthocGzJp8mOvcOA9Szv3sCP7tA0OrEOnG-X-7ZaVhIVFEAbyrvIKChA-vXfZAYD0JfyCWgQNu_qKIVNjnekE/s4032/20220607_144230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDrdKiuaL5zpu2tBhj62K587tCa57qc9Uh503TB8m3XFTW-ci6zfSLa7TpLpt6zVRruPRd6QUFi5hhErp90yY9svzZjb1qg5j5Y8uthocGzJp8mOvcOA9Szv3sCP7tA0OrEOnG-X-7ZaVhIVFEAbyrvIKChA-vXfZAYD0JfyCWgQNu_qKIVNjnekE/s320/20220607_144230.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We went through a lot of sunscreen, but came home nicely tanned and not burned......our goal!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVA9vWn2YZu865rToJ3Brg0z7I2Om8CJ4BQtHztbyo9duZkQvXL1wh7AztxvvEQlqybbhlUBCpDZ1HiP_mI0Wc22MzhoHGPgp2PulUAbOnrb8T_yQblcR7GFbAtgzeXJGM8L-6INxb2M02BTf9LazXve89LhYUSKCorHolWUQD8Xq7XoMHmyF5wPjC/s1600/IMG_3819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVA9vWn2YZu865rToJ3Brg0z7I2Om8CJ4BQtHztbyo9duZkQvXL1wh7AztxvvEQlqybbhlUBCpDZ1HiP_mI0Wc22MzhoHGPgp2PulUAbOnrb8T_yQblcR7GFbAtgzeXJGM8L-6INxb2M02BTf9LazXve89LhYUSKCorHolWUQD8Xq7XoMHmyF5wPjC/s320/IMG_3819.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doing pool aerobics..... a lot of fun!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBF2ZV_YmpCISM-hwK1JZw57MlTgGDjSCTNf43mu6QMR9baf8o_nPsM-LFxuWZpheV9Lo-jIe-cuWAFitNrl8hYg_TD-Q3idWcsqa_yuRm7kM8LdEsHYdIZn0XK9rjR3nhinCd0E8FAAHztWVho7bxBzRw0PhsOzAnpYJoA55KeLWsWB6425cUX2F/s1600/IMG_3809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBF2ZV_YmpCISM-hwK1JZw57MlTgGDjSCTNf43mu6QMR9baf8o_nPsM-LFxuWZpheV9Lo-jIe-cuWAFitNrl8hYg_TD-Q3idWcsqa_yuRm7kM8LdEsHYdIZn0XK9rjR3nhinCd0E8FAAHztWVho7bxBzRw0PhsOzAnpYJoA55KeLWsWB6425cUX2F/s320/IMG_3809.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Atlantis Hotel in Nassau. The area that connects the two halves of the hotel is a suite that was first used by Michael Jackson. The boat driver also pointed out homes owned by Tiger Woods and other celebrities.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4al15JounwiyuQTEJO66_KobxbC2q4Fs8hNiKLM432TusapGxSsmc9hFF-cvBH-ewUHEkqIk4ek6QYkqah_To8ypyElc9sSaE4ts4c5k6UrmNAr9ZMbjNHIBa6GnVzodlc-K9OrSAyp0k6i4zWQ_0OOruh5mOiNJN_S7thE-0VMK9V6ScKFhp7Ot4/s1600/IMG_3795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4al15JounwiyuQTEJO66_KobxbC2q4Fs8hNiKLM432TusapGxSsmc9hFF-cvBH-ewUHEkqIk4ek6QYkqah_To8ypyElc9sSaE4ts4c5k6UrmNAr9ZMbjNHIBa6GnVzodlc-K9OrSAyp0k6i4zWQ_0OOruh5mOiNJN_S7thE-0VMK9V6ScKFhp7Ot4/s320/IMG_3795.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always a beautiful breeze at Blue Lagoon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13CebU6oYtVehimllK-O6cvxDtwoheAFQBHo4q8GzJVk2QNmpf9UC3vd1fZ5lW_cg6AS7TRtwoa_kcoDtZwSGdoJ95d1Tyi1EDgJdIAKGZboHNY_ueH85u4fjBnmyjX2u5sjFj3d7dcPuMROMLVPqKkulf9sMxjNXvt0rH792gAEn_JPJ25GEiUY5/s1600/IMG_3789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13CebU6oYtVehimllK-O6cvxDtwoheAFQBHo4q8GzJVk2QNmpf9UC3vd1fZ5lW_cg6AS7TRtwoa_kcoDtZwSGdoJ95d1Tyi1EDgJdIAKGZboHNY_ueH85u4fjBnmyjX2u5sjFj3d7dcPuMROMLVPqKkulf9sMxjNXvt0rH792gAEn_JPJ25GEiUY5/s320/IMG_3789.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blue Lagoon</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEeyd_wHuKpRj1zu8ttofI6tfIhkDT1N2jhATA8yiiVucirwHQ1jhvsFWnXeTI91ZdSQnC7WmybVwkJMV2Y24wrxnkOcuKFZj9BUb2B4NrNjNjv9RRDLPSCaCEj0IUo0qRWnrpcsW3CNmuuSBDSFTTG7XvrIUFuX2efjldZZeB8TN0OugqPBVMf9Z/s1600/IMG_3773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEeyd_wHuKpRj1zu8ttofI6tfIhkDT1N2jhATA8yiiVucirwHQ1jhvsFWnXeTI91ZdSQnC7WmybVwkJMV2Y24wrxnkOcuKFZj9BUb2B4NrNjNjv9RRDLPSCaCEj0IUo0qRWnrpcsW3CNmuuSBDSFTTG7XvrIUFuX2efjldZZeB8TN0OugqPBVMf9Z/s320/IMG_3773.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we first got onto the ship, we had lunch at the grill beside the pool. Delicious hamburger! And I had no idea wonderful meals I would eat in the days ahead!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPNvccLOB9oufxZZKEOSBoRRVXmdqfeE907gw2LDvlWEbzNHApyJ3XKdIykAcHJJxVPqWCAb5zD4L-dFvWWKMIZD4dtE1QP05RJSMUUVkueN16pRxqqWPXxGXvscAo35iSyLNV-QotBZAGmbUmz5auFzMb1Z1wxwvR6I_Kjx2dBspA97gX3LB-JDM/s1600/IMG_3726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPNvccLOB9oufxZZKEOSBoRRVXmdqfeE907gw2LDvlWEbzNHApyJ3XKdIykAcHJJxVPqWCAb5zD4L-dFvWWKMIZD4dtE1QP05RJSMUUVkueN16pRxqqWPXxGXvscAo35iSyLNV-QotBZAGmbUmz5auFzMb1Z1wxwvR6I_Kjx2dBspA97gX3LB-JDM/s320/IMG_3726.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We loved the balcony!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOarN-Re6eVVDT9MyE0xsoRhOXqivVkI8nelLiM2KR1U0bl7HtuTAdMPerTTpsgkzBBb-sxrwWPzBgXwRKxE9olZUI340pArqMupdk5xeDvDso7lqi3h4zpPStHFhZBPoOCHKtuZvs4MxaAQt9BgXOh1GndjjF8_129s_XFqqv7VN2dXgUYhGdd9Eo/s1600/IMG_3700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOarN-Re6eVVDT9MyE0xsoRhOXqivVkI8nelLiM2KR1U0bl7HtuTAdMPerTTpsgkzBBb-sxrwWPzBgXwRKxE9olZUI340pArqMupdk5xeDvDso7lqi3h4zpPStHFhZBPoOCHKtuZvs4MxaAQt9BgXOh1GndjjF8_129s_XFqqv7VN2dXgUYhGdd9Eo/s320/IMG_3700.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so nice to be able to open the window and smell the sea air.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyyPi2WISMEHhZtAkR4JC8q2dwWgz1_cjgZMPX6hGMdFbluu45Xz4NCwYnBveVbvSO0lFX7SX9NQtl6jvDsXDbrgManyBKB8IClGdHvN5L3ysNbv_iip_TdtgL0j5HueYYBg9NLJw6k9Ty1VCyFqWSYM51cjIj8JyZkVKsPhpFTCMdvzg6gkZUeEX/s4032/20220415_170418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyyPi2WISMEHhZtAkR4JC8q2dwWgz1_cjgZMPX6hGMdFbluu45Xz4NCwYnBveVbvSO0lFX7SX9NQtl6jvDsXDbrgManyBKB8IClGdHvN5L3ysNbv_iip_TdtgL0j5HueYYBg9NLJw6k9Ty1VCyFqWSYM51cjIj8JyZkVKsPhpFTCMdvzg6gkZUeEX/s320/20220415_170418.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zZ0cWhTqR5-qKWI2EpcDHFoIcsVsiU2WtkH9Ol38Ie92bryL5Ey-PDHDUJpAcZ0fFNjZN6iWWj4IHngm6WdFTNs6K9Joseqoh3ucWk6PCTBJydU5zagUEFgTmQfbsrF0IqBTaOV0aeCLnOcCEXaw1Y2rXaQYZKYwOGcSZtZ6PuD9PD1vyM8qv3FS/s3264/20220410_121334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zZ0cWhTqR5-qKWI2EpcDHFoIcsVsiU2WtkH9Ol38Ie92bryL5Ey-PDHDUJpAcZ0fFNjZN6iWWj4IHngm6WdFTNs6K9Joseqoh3ucWk6PCTBJydU5zagUEFgTmQfbsrF0IqBTaOV0aeCLnOcCEXaw1Y2rXaQYZKYwOGcSZtZ6PuD9PD1vyM8qv3FS/s320/20220410_121334.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a very interesting art installation we had to go through to get to our restaurant. We called it "The Scary Forest".</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmowTbG953qvm6refhDsh8AXFvcOZifZaH4iV3tO68AQM_6N8C0zGuJ0t2D_bTRbT18rg0RFVxuK1yI4PpjP0nNEnwzYNifnlCaaUu-jaNA4_YDr-zsH-rRkTdx0I5Y94yLE0i2ohl6hucRSTjJ003GC658pk_tjBeF9Fi9aQVrBkTg0ifyvZsV08/s4032/20220410_124430%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmowTbG953qvm6refhDsh8AXFvcOZifZaH4iV3tO68AQM_6N8C0zGuJ0t2D_bTRbT18rg0RFVxuK1yI4PpjP0nNEnwzYNifnlCaaUu-jaNA4_YDr-zsH-rRkTdx0I5Y94yLE0i2ohl6hucRSTjJ003GC658pk_tjBeF9Fi9aQVrBkTg0ifyvZsV08/s320/20220410_124430%20(2).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another piece of art just randomly displayed....a boat made out of pearls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFP8GChvA9mITvpNKQyUh88jONXEBjtvX5jY0PZLfhPIES6SMcC8C_LJWfs-hFB6mJwpXWP-SxH9xX9_iMdcQzo-Z9UJrtUE6ChHVTtpJGLCSn4lMPQImvfk1hsxPpjtPQQ2sjNNaA7NAheGbmBKdy3rxFg_GEDZtKBy_dfzv1A8h1JlfsWtTpxCpv/s4032/20220410_125213%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFP8GChvA9mITvpNKQyUh88jONXEBjtvX5jY0PZLfhPIES6SMcC8C_LJWfs-hFB6mJwpXWP-SxH9xX9_iMdcQzo-Z9UJrtUE6ChHVTtpJGLCSn4lMPQImvfk1hsxPpjtPQQ2sjNNaA7NAheGbmBKdy3rxFg_GEDZtKBy_dfzv1A8h1JlfsWtTpxCpv/s320/20220410_125213%20(2).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some huge butterfly wings waiting for a photo opportunity. I noticed only women posed with the wings........apparently men aren't delicate enough to be a butterfly!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpkp4js22OZzmQeZnBgOBrZh2hyEzX6tYdjFfCXwpinrvuSsZrsmX-c55DW-okOkP2no2jLL3F_sQFvLBNiMwFE4hRyjFGH8M6ka0zgIDOy2EOpaAs-aplwcIbin7QHzViqqLtFT09vOGYGEhEeuFg04YWeB5t2Pc7JBTCW64Ym7uzugY6yCMiZyV/s4032/20220410_180929%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpkp4js22OZzmQeZnBgOBrZh2hyEzX6tYdjFfCXwpinrvuSsZrsmX-c55DW-okOkP2no2jLL3F_sQFvLBNiMwFE4hRyjFGH8M6ka0zgIDOy2EOpaAs-aplwcIbin7QHzViqqLtFT09vOGYGEhEeuFg04YWeB5t2Pc7JBTCW64Ym7uzugY6yCMiZyV/s320/20220410_180929%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our cozy corner.....I'm glad I never go anywhere without books.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHWxMI53I8D6uPDDZVwDeW0AqQ1UcPDprZ76Uhtqz2szH3WA1oBxpAOBox3R7zHEp6HAqEuy5kebAVHkkayb8DBTlBh7vrijZrhZJ5yfQOigwUo9rgwPSfCAYuJh_n0zf-CdxG2qB_AWt1zVwM3Td-nC0NMQmFWT8hYprPINRyTPdZQrCpNN7Baeb/s4032/20220412_103014%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHWxMI53I8D6uPDDZVwDeW0AqQ1UcPDprZ76Uhtqz2szH3WA1oBxpAOBox3R7zHEp6HAqEuy5kebAVHkkayb8DBTlBh7vrijZrhZJ5yfQOigwUo9rgwPSfCAYuJh_n0zf-CdxG2qB_AWt1zVwM3Td-nC0NMQmFWT8hYprPINRyTPdZQrCpNN7Baeb/s320/20220412_103014%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I met this guy on the ship.....but he seemed a bit wooden.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DRBA8hrUxLv-v7SU4-kZ6NulGz-aJPPnAiW6aRDI-nmxZItIlCVIzCRM2szEplXflLEU-RMcp-2t9CnIRWYSawYBASfiA1Xuw_QmA3RRYWFmdrpVPTpyUIyBCXboULeKZZE_0HqSH7UrseqEdhZkHdfbHdVDyqDowBAm_cR5CywWRPY5kl-v0is9/s4032/20220413_230700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DRBA8hrUxLv-v7SU4-kZ6NulGz-aJPPnAiW6aRDI-nmxZItIlCVIzCRM2szEplXflLEU-RMcp-2t9CnIRWYSawYBASfiA1Xuw_QmA3RRYWFmdrpVPTpyUIyBCXboULeKZZE_0HqSH7UrseqEdhZkHdfbHdVDyqDowBAm_cR5CywWRPY5kl-v0is9/s320/20220413_230700.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the last night of the cruise, we finally made it down to the Grand Plaza to sit with a drink and listen to some music. There's a dance floor, and a few people were up dancing. Unbelievably, they begain playing our wedding song, "Wonderful Tonight". Tag asked me to dance, and as we stood up, we heard a big cheer. I turned around and there is a bride and groom on the dance floor - it was their wedding dance! Oops! We sat down quickly and enjoyed watching this young couple perform their wedding dance. And reminised about our wedding 16 years ago.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful sunset on the last night of the cruise.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8ttRcqQa-rseGa8u9PSkVkP_Cn1uHRQstaaW2sIGrMrCH2SjAZqfPs6VRAToWTkmnZj1mQO8cUBcMSYHzC2A0WJkmth6ia6gYGGPN_q9cORIt2gs6GycsDiznuVLbXgIoMEtFPOqxDi4mxHpW2XHqdvciLAO07WAtGIBB0b_qUSJZ69yVEfvmL7C/s4032/20220417_065845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8ttRcqQa-rseGa8u9PSkVkP_Cn1uHRQstaaW2sIGrMrCH2SjAZqfPs6VRAToWTkmnZj1mQO8cUBcMSYHzC2A0WJkmth6ia6gYGGPN_q9cORIt2gs6GycsDiznuVLbXgIoMEtFPOqxDi4mxHpW2XHqdvciLAO07WAtGIBB0b_qUSJZ69yVEfvmL7C/s320/20220417_065845.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was an unexpected adventure that turned out to be absolutely awesome! I can see why people on the cruise would tell us they were on their 5th, 10th, 20th cruise. I imagine it can be quite addicting!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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We got onto a ferry and were transported over to the Island, where there were lots of lounge chairs, a small restaurant and places you could rent water toys.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVYkKhVQKsuVyW6j5QWm5LcyoS0HZw7EUsvOhQa8qaqkCU73xfjFMlKkLOgSq0ZPxqZnoiIlBd1ZSSu11TFPwhJ6ddKj3uOietI0GlGTGuOi_T4o1TBaQGHYISFuMWVdzcl0BBPWxALybiht5rk5IYa-Ui_nnhmuml5hBo3oRYvUpfxyKXBCmPxRN/s4032/20220411_085141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVYkKhVQKsuVyW6j5QWm5LcyoS0HZw7EUsvOhQa8qaqkCU73xfjFMlKkLOgSq0ZPxqZnoiIlBd1ZSSu11TFPwhJ6ddKj3uOietI0GlGTGuOi_T4o1TBaQGHYISFuMWVdzcl0BBPWxALybiht5rk5IYa-Ui_nnhmuml5hBo3oRYvUpfxyKXBCmPxRN/s320/20220411_085141.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They also had blow-up slides and rock-climbing walls for the kids, and kayaks and paddleboards to use.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYOCdRIiOT7M1W5axFYiK9JBk3OKMvHhJlPDLcaap_0YcqUkrhm3rWPeUfNhhNx1d6Y9n5u5lJTK1lMQplD6jiwAZc_G1gL_IOfg6aWOA2GhHdwBGJJjqzNUCHnvrCAdgn0v-9SIawCdYCPJHfcnf1aIcDrukoRQRfyG2YJESNzO7dIrjKz0yZ2kT/s4032/20220411_114603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYOCdRIiOT7M1W5axFYiK9JBk3OKMvHhJlPDLcaap_0YcqUkrhm3rWPeUfNhhNx1d6Y9n5u5lJTK1lMQplD6jiwAZc_G1gL_IOfg6aWOA2GhHdwBGJJjqzNUCHnvrCAdgn0v-9SIawCdYCPJHfcnf1aIcDrukoRQRfyG2YJESNzO7dIrjKz0yZ2kT/s320/20220411_114603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As they say, this picture does not do justice to the aquamarine blue of the water. It was pretty exciting to actual swim in the ocean water in April! We've never done that in New England!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8S2NKvmSFk9G-PP1iaRVZ3ZD2ZwNd__f6q72CWdXvBtodR1CuUrjlwcJ6ZQZuUPlqzFLAY2ID_6htFLHC-a3Yl9PtcnAISfqY06GsjY_KOhhcfHFQuXSH88M8bTzkN39ammc2nG22nK8D-XcEyeLaoBLyoxRFfzbPscZFtfhPEb2fm7GWwp3ExljO/s1440/20220411_114852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8S2NKvmSFk9G-PP1iaRVZ3ZD2ZwNd__f6q72CWdXvBtodR1CuUrjlwcJ6ZQZuUPlqzFLAY2ID_6htFLHC-a3Yl9PtcnAISfqY06GsjY_KOhhcfHFQuXSH88M8bTzkN39ammc2nG22nK8D-XcEyeLaoBLyoxRFfzbPscZFtfhPEb2fm7GWwp3ExljO/s320/20220411_114852.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We swam around, and Tag got to do one of his favorite things....nap!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3LDjqv73IFXpnk2iTFDflb-98BCOIdz9qhnRuVExUOZJG5rYwICJT9YAM6WCTFIWK37yHEHkUdOOimiM_pZcJrRWgeenZ4DlSXIrlnGysllp37bt2rYourHnAi_E9A6rtGFfBifvZE1f7Xb585Q5WXVukefbPgT49KCtPcJZ3PZLqiz6bG-vF4hi/s1440/20220411_115259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3LDjqv73IFXpnk2iTFDflb-98BCOIdz9qhnRuVExUOZJG5rYwICJT9YAM6WCTFIWK37yHEHkUdOOimiM_pZcJrRWgeenZ4DlSXIrlnGysllp37bt2rYourHnAi_E9A6rtGFfBifvZE1f7Xb585Q5WXVukefbPgT49KCtPcJZ3PZLqiz6bG-vF4hi/s320/20220411_115259.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The highlight of the excursion ws the dolphin enounter. We stood on a platform about waist deep, and our dolphin (named Sean, which is pretty funny as that's the name of our future son-in-law!) swam up close so we could pet him. Then each person could get a hug and kiss from the dolphin. When the dolphin kissed my cheek, Tag joked, "Hey! That's my wife you're kissing!" and the dolphin turned and gave him a raspberry! Tag thought that was hilarious! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally we each got to "dance" with the dolphin, while he opened his mouth to sing!! As you can see, it was very funny!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOQq3RIQ6Mz4hOthEOchDK16sJsUM59KNQ6DItGl-aczedAmF9kCYEuFFwf_SkAf4QxGEA0u7PmTfaZTyKiYkf0jYdZ8e09oBAV8c8mLd1coljY4-laaKC5oT9ynMpv5eqJ3KA-DUOaIpkeJPrZvOwcAdmM7xYFS3DQSpe4GjYyTPfJlxT6WnaDKF/s909/dolphin%20(2).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="909" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOQq3RIQ6Mz4hOthEOchDK16sJsUM59KNQ6DItGl-aczedAmF9kCYEuFFwf_SkAf4QxGEA0u7PmTfaZTyKiYkf0jYdZ8e09oBAV8c8mLd1coljY4-laaKC5oT9ynMpv5eqJ3KA-DUOaIpkeJPrZvOwcAdmM7xYFS3DQSpe4GjYyTPfJlxT6WnaDKF/s320/dolphin%20(2).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our second time off the Ship was at Grand Cayman Island. This was a "tender" day, meaning we didn't have to be on an excursion, but could just take the tender to the shore for the day. I was somehow under the impression that the beach was right there when you got off the ship, so we dressed in bathing suits and brought our towels for a beach day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we got ashore, we were in the little village area, and found out you needed to take a shuttle to the public beach. And that the shuttle was $6 per person, each way. And tht we had only brought $20 with us, because we didn't want to be walking around with a lot of cash in a strange country. Luckily, the shuttle drives are willing to barter, so we were able to get a ride for $5 apiece each way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, the water was gorgeous, the weather was sunny and we enjoyed swimming in the ocean.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo2xVrHxcaNuHyIBPn6wv76fMawkc3SwjsYAAb2eO5UqiCJBziYIfjMCVVadBfUX1HqgiLDhIFTj7uEakpw_7fAcrnvDi1eVqO76P4gytddXjVHkVWzE1Uunfw3PQBmcgISD267pRhfsPwowjG9WodESUxBmpYefIMNkRjay8P9_9ByzM3Ipozhoc/s4032/20220413_124038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo2xVrHxcaNuHyIBPn6wv76fMawkc3SwjsYAAb2eO5UqiCJBziYIfjMCVVadBfUX1HqgiLDhIFTj7uEakpw_7fAcrnvDi1eVqO76P4gytddXjVHkVWzE1Uunfw3PQBmcgISD267pRhfsPwowjG9WodESUxBmpYefIMNkRjay8P9_9ByzM3Ipozhoc/s320/20220413_124038.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViAGuZw4GIK_Q8cL1xPV6Rrj-aTLcbmKG_9a_sMy4E12rSV5k0cC025ecbXDUkhhQsefizdecrqLZT5MSoMzsOEwyEoKhn8EGeD-Z42tS-qGn99-61hcroRYhmhGTxmzkvm-3_YowiT5Tmb6QHIgXfnv0lburiERjBGHUPrpbop668FaKE98nD2Ez/s4032/20220413_124101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViAGuZw4GIK_Q8cL1xPV6Rrj-aTLcbmKG_9a_sMy4E12rSV5k0cC025ecbXDUkhhQsefizdecrqLZT5MSoMzsOEwyEoKhn8EGeD-Z42tS-qGn99-61hcroRYhmhGTxmzkvm-3_YowiT5Tmb6QHIgXfnv0lburiERjBGHUPrpbop668FaKE98nD2Ez/s320/20220413_124101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT8PxQYX8QwpU_kOvoPP_yUT9hryp-kx8on386K029z4oVXW8meSAF9U_8p16VyAuuJY1gNxsCf8_nZPe34mBOACH5Oj53vgK2N44QxpWDVq9IfKg--ONrQ9NfvPIMHEhGuYhqUqMD4TB9L-sFnbooT7UkmVT0rq4m6Ry0rscdo9_uKiULTnaRGyt/s3264/20220413_124143_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="3264" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT8PxQYX8QwpU_kOvoPP_yUT9hryp-kx8on386K029z4oVXW8meSAF9U_8p16VyAuuJY1gNxsCf8_nZPe34mBOACH5Oj53vgK2N44QxpWDVq9IfKg--ONrQ9NfvPIMHEhGuYhqUqMD4TB9L-sFnbooT7UkmVT0rq4m6Ry0rscdo9_uKiULTnaRGyt/s320/20220413_124143_002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our third time off the ship was in Cozumel, Mexico. We docked and went into Cozumel from the ship. The first thing we see:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCuw2LU5KhkJrQ5Gbq4fxS8KfkjxkSOv8_X9ilxN9MiTkofpSKg_8JwvZ0mNpC1NbhDPVaAy1mS4zSxjXoMfUSriA_7XjokWhyl1SQyLpXsEpy1JpMf_oKB0gyZyEuWaYt1wLPhF17vulII96yCXt-50Vawg9nzHH4ls6QysZeRxQZ3jhu_iLkZMs/s4032/20220415_150835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCuw2LU5KhkJrQ5Gbq4fxS8KfkjxkSOv8_X9ilxN9MiTkofpSKg_8JwvZ0mNpC1NbhDPVaAy1mS4zSxjXoMfUSriA_7XjokWhyl1SQyLpXsEpy1JpMf_oKB0gyZyEuWaYt1wLPhF17vulII96yCXt-50Vawg9nzHH4ls6QysZeRxQZ3jhu_iLkZMs/s320/20220415_150835.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FCy3SHgiCuTI7FIl-U61VIsFArzKab74oUKrZ2hjihu3AthrgyvDA-eZhhK58vrT_RhVC1QS5lwlY7bQpw9po4o1pNqK1HiLnbdm7DJDPbCt0miDSt9nU1vtOs-XFI7U2aI8k1fM9WrQhMCPQeAoxWCy3B09KIEtrr2z7PDE1YBCPT91HFbpMLnt/s4032/20220415_150841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FCy3SHgiCuTI7FIl-U61VIsFArzKab74oUKrZ2hjihu3AthrgyvDA-eZhhK58vrT_RhVC1QS5lwlY7bQpw9po4o1pNqK1HiLnbdm7DJDPbCt0miDSt9nU1vtOs-XFI7U2aI8k1fM9WrQhMCPQeAoxWCy3B09KIEtrr2z7PDE1YBCPT91HFbpMLnt/s320/20220415_150841.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were then taken in a nice coach bus to the Playa Mia Beach Resort and water park. I think this was my favorite excursion. The beach was absolutely beautiful. We got there just as they opened so got beach chairs and umbrella right at the water. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9D93RqS_aoM8Mqr2Dqq7DIQ2nyllgpWtytGidkeDHoxSRtyK8e5jCmNKwQzX42-Tqobxx2AR7zot4QDL9TsefXDGDQsBu_xxoPIHcZzhh5XI1LUCw5ttzTPbC3VnsxxVs8WedFMTZcDWBca1OWpC_3_GZSxSYyc8alCGcRBHqJc1dCmfw7jwfYwyd/s4032/20220415_144233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9D93RqS_aoM8Mqr2Dqq7DIQ2nyllgpWtytGidkeDHoxSRtyK8e5jCmNKwQzX42-Tqobxx2AR7zot4QDL9TsefXDGDQsBu_xxoPIHcZzhh5XI1LUCw5ttzTPbC3VnsxxVs8WedFMTZcDWBca1OWpC_3_GZSxSYyc8alCGcRBHqJc1dCmfw7jwfYwyd/s320/20220415_144233.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTrMJoI1icxyXaFqgmfh1UDfrVHGxofdygNGx0fB4qMVvi2434jcmGj4AuOsY1IA9ntqL7D40gam0hKAgLYdIn4qv2a9mEtjNUaUM-OUVZan3FxC_WZNA29Kijt7Q8J0oGrMoSwODDA4xKQhLJJB2yK1sdpXzQDaXmtHz0NuYtHCj1YGguxu7Tyx1/s4032/20220415_102146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTrMJoI1icxyXaFqgmfh1UDfrVHGxofdygNGx0fB4qMVvi2434jcmGj4AuOsY1IA9ntqL7D40gam0hKAgLYdIn4qv2a9mEtjNUaUM-OUVZan3FxC_WZNA29Kijt7Q8J0oGrMoSwODDA4xKQhLJJB2yK1sdpXzQDaXmtHz0NuYtHCj1YGguxu7Tyx1/s320/20220415_102146.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQbzUz9PwJEeyoCG-Nv-x_Gd9aLR9rqcg2EV2YNy1mZnGd233OKnc938Crc3OR5l1Wy1prDDjC_WlwCY67aGoU99INEIOfyXZQlPiGarBnJsB1YhmROhgh5TZHIR_QC6szSzt_r6LomGQHd2Ko5vGIJ_YQ-SbxIht5_SPV4u_GuhiiL48pr9XzRHN/s4032/20220415_131508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQbzUz9PwJEeyoCG-Nv-x_Gd9aLR9rqcg2EV2YNy1mZnGd233OKnc938Crc3OR5l1Wy1prDDjC_WlwCY67aGoU99INEIOfyXZQlPiGarBnJsB1YhmROhgh5TZHIR_QC6szSzt_r6LomGQHd2Ko5vGIJ_YQ-SbxIht5_SPV4u_GuhiiL48pr9XzRHN/s320/20220415_131508.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This excursion included a buffet lunch and unlimited drinks. I sucked down a bunch of Frozen Strawberry Daiquiris. I don't think they had much liquor in them because I didn't get tipsy!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp44TsexbcYNYeVLMlF2R_qPUJx7JjNSOziN6kVqSgcy2uUT2JzhdP38y-OQP1PMR5w6-UeEGn6_2vilfhvtfPLP5u44c3nXD1Gga7NiNqVIcrFT2rq7LPBU6rvVfHsjZxEe-WIQDN8b4EfSlYFsti4JTB4dFYB0SRGarxElV_rXkPUyea66qUxYre/s3264/20220415_105718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="3264" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp44TsexbcYNYeVLMlF2R_qPUJx7JjNSOziN6kVqSgcy2uUT2JzhdP38y-OQP1PMR5w6-UeEGn6_2vilfhvtfPLP5u44c3nXD1Gga7NiNqVIcrFT2rq7LPBU6rvVfHsjZxEe-WIQDN8b4EfSlYFsti4JTB4dFYB0SRGarxElV_rXkPUyea66qUxYre/s320/20220415_105718.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was the second-to-last day on the cruise, and it was a great day of swimming, playing, eating, drinking and relaxing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfC8gj9buP0O0agXzxmu0i4ALQLKdQLAzDWrm1w19XBG5u7IShkZA2IhU68TUofvazUWrVOBWlTwwvFPCS2K9GjWu9ruqNfJ3P-HGz3Xmsu4Iy8C6GVpc_-CC8e49gUksdO9bd8ei7kOxyyeTtR43k65SDmoF1qA9mgekJ5uoADiSzIwXVuX3aBa_P/s4032/20220415_105546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfC8gj9buP0O0agXzxmu0i4ALQLKdQLAzDWrm1w19XBG5u7IShkZA2IhU68TUofvazUWrVOBWlTwwvFPCS2K9GjWu9ruqNfJ3P-HGz3Xmsu4Iy8C6GVpc_-CC8e49gUksdO9bd8ei7kOxyyeTtR43k65SDmoF1qA9mgekJ5uoADiSzIwXVuX3aBa_P/s320/20220415_105546.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmT_R6FcxKJaKmbjjNt_pKFOsLXS3fRyA3J8eR6Ue6oIS-622cn3AMxkahxdYnUCAbJF5ecyDiVIp4KvWHsD5itiWG8LfX2RRVbeoWCaXxAtgQcHtPEmsQQFSU2mAWg8AITrEjows_AuJ5yDvbI6oKj4hUZn6LzZNxbu6TzkG6Znh0rwr0xsLsmHJ/s4032/20220415_141919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmT_R6FcxKJaKmbjjNt_pKFOsLXS3fRyA3J8eR6Ue6oIS-622cn3AMxkahxdYnUCAbJF5ecyDiVIp4KvWHsD5itiWG8LfX2RRVbeoWCaXxAtgQcHtPEmsQQFSU2mAWg8AITrEjows_AuJ5yDvbI6oKj4hUZn6LzZNxbu6TzkG6Znh0rwr0xsLsmHJ/s320/20220415_141919.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxJzs0FGxY-Vh0mf2jShqxg4RHQN6tpMR8usDoNGxEV91IKlU0Y0P3RkaGFkKEK6GaG_VRv77106Mop36V3e1DatywuNOZcMpP_IPRBnmGgsZyzIQg2YQhmg6-CsDHUV43PoPOUXe_L1kxjcJHJfqqWwNE8lWLj7JFj6i33lzlBt-SHeihWlMKF_1/s3264/20220415_131538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxJzs0FGxY-Vh0mf2jShqxg4RHQN6tpMR8usDoNGxEV91IKlU0Y0P3RkaGFkKEK6GaG_VRv77106Mop36V3e1DatywuNOZcMpP_IPRBnmGgsZyzIQg2YQhmg6-CsDHUV43PoPOUXe_L1kxjcJHJfqqWwNE8lWLj7JFj6i33lzlBt-SHeihWlMKF_1/s320/20220415_131538.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRXwc4DCIHexH-xWTfLuGEPgrj9iSf4Vd0RNc8J3BAamYu7R1uMnYSbTjwkq6QpMwNzW3NVMbCfvsNxov6C5a8f66OeWOUnaJ9_UYf8IMZrEtGBIcW-Zd_-6VpaRUNqeCkX8OsDeipIGJ6m2XGaCVX1qO5ac0BtNEhpM76mmcRaS9bP0LSbrC13UO/s4032/20220415_105515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRXwc4DCIHexH-xWTfLuGEPgrj9iSf4Vd0RNc8J3BAamYu7R1uMnYSbTjwkq6QpMwNzW3NVMbCfvsNxov6C5a8f66OeWOUnaJ9_UYf8IMZrEtGBIcW-Zd_-6VpaRUNqeCkX8OsDeipIGJ6m2XGaCVX1qO5ac0BtNEhpM76mmcRaS9bP0LSbrC13UO/s320/20220415_105515.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we got back from the bus there was this really cool Cozumel sign with our Cruise ship right behind it. Perfect photo op.....except for the guy peaking out through the "O". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3i8K8MjYhxUoML9_EIA4o8rITYE9O7WA1NcB6fICM5AWYcvrnN3iPuEtBWRulzrNazYhb4v4uKlQfj2rM1Le6eZjFN5mHaxVStWRkRr0g19I95Mlj1Dxllc1UtfkeTTT1xfhzrK8EIe65QETQR_BTN8q4u1VILSRPdQ7ibutreYvDBmAViksjXKU/s4032/20220415_145929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3i8K8MjYhxUoML9_EIA4o8rITYE9O7WA1NcB6fICM5AWYcvrnN3iPuEtBWRulzrNazYhb4v4uKlQfj2rM1Le6eZjFN5mHaxVStWRkRr0g19I95Mlj1Dxllc1UtfkeTTT1xfhzrK8EIe65QETQR_BTN8q4u1VILSRPdQ7ibutreYvDBmAViksjXKU/s320/20220415_145929.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We always get earrings for me when we go on a trip. And we also like to collect refrigerator magnets. At one of the little kiosks, we found a magnet and bought it. When I inquired if he had any earrings, he said he did not but escorted us over to his friend's store. Such service! LOL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I chose a pair of earrings, which the store owner said were 60 dollars. Tag very honestly told him we only had $26. The guy counters with 40. "We really only have $26 dollars on us". He comes back with $30! Finally he gave in and let us buy the earrings for $26. He must have thought we were pretty good negotiators.....when really we just didn't bring a lot of cash with us!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0k0d6uqvFrvZ7AqzsFdPC7QapFWPPRVEOtssGiMmgSUNwmdraic69dQl4iIP5KWDZx9vEaFCIU6PQHz1WBuLyhDOToQRzq0VtDyjd2ofMdH7IIzB3z5Ud0zE9YgxjPeF5_gxMxp8iFmUFiPrqM3nSczb9YHmAw7fd19wpGo4psByG8rizcqV2ucP/s4032/20220415_094550_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0k0d6uqvFrvZ7AqzsFdPC7QapFWPPRVEOtssGiMmgSUNwmdraic69dQl4iIP5KWDZx9vEaFCIU6PQHz1WBuLyhDOToQRzq0VtDyjd2ofMdH7IIzB3z5Ud0zE9YgxjPeF5_gxMxp8iFmUFiPrqM3nSczb9YHmAw7fd19wpGo4psByG8rizcqV2ucP/s320/20220415_094550_001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we were serenaded on the way back to the ship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Fj-xot_TOApCVmiiAW6EuMtRz1SkBqJFyxwBpEaPjADB0aXQCQUT57aHs6-TIilv66RjPuQ4sk3PqVVFJodPu1xV8J-RHKJXvRmyrAeBBw01i6aQMFpXp-CjOw8PaoiNzRw4yLRdFk3Mrln5M26duHPh63ENqkCy-WNuhB6Z-xPsb_uuiphJHmQ1/s4032/20220415_150919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Fj-xot_TOApCVmiiAW6EuMtRz1SkBqJFyxwBpEaPjADB0aXQCQUT57aHs6-TIilv66RjPuQ4sk3PqVVFJodPu1xV8J-RHKJXvRmyrAeBBw01i6aQMFpXp-CjOw8PaoiNzRw4yLRdFk3Mrln5M26duHPh63ENqkCy-WNuhB6Z-xPsb_uuiphJHmQ1/s320/20220415_150919.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our final excursion was after we got off the ship in Fort Lauderdale. The ship docks at 7am....you need to be off the ship by 9am. And our plane was leaving at 4:30pm. The cruiseline people are no dummies...they know a lot of people are in the same predicament. So they offer an excursion that takes us from the pier, to the Everglades, and then brings us to the airport! Perfect!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were greeted at the entrance by some peacocks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuY5tw1Pext4WII2_gDGeRDMLT6jDjTpPqIo7tAmG5dVdux5GXRoKjRAGHbaKni_wY6m7SiEdPsu2ycvZ5cTFQU34Cae22iiGkONgyajLXC3XkoRpDksznfE58InPUM2r3-3EG_UyipTBSHLVJSgQrQ-MFaGbz5-T43Oz6sNAWwfMwvzXHDbkvp6S/s4032/20220417_092640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuY5tw1Pext4WII2_gDGeRDMLT6jDjTpPqIo7tAmG5dVdux5GXRoKjRAGHbaKni_wY6m7SiEdPsu2ycvZ5cTFQU34Cae22iiGkONgyajLXC3XkoRpDksznfE58InPUM2r3-3EG_UyipTBSHLVJSgQrQ-MFaGbz5-T43Oz6sNAWwfMwvzXHDbkvp6S/s320/20220417_092640.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We saw quite a few alligators, all in the water. The boat driver had names for some of them!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5FpGvVyhCOYGeEcs7E5ucgYFYG-5tnqEcLwV6I-Y8kmIBG2jCzwvBOthWqLSWY8kqiBX_xXRpdtDFDtDEKH0ZlS3HsZE6Ej8K4fSpgvDEVN_hiQuZBV8FwH2p9cARFU_8OfCGGvxWuLmeyc0vMC6u14pwUw0fjBc4iQQPFEqWxxsOGyPwLXBcqb8/s4032/20220417_100733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5FpGvVyhCOYGeEcs7E5ucgYFYG-5tnqEcLwV6I-Y8kmIBG2jCzwvBOthWqLSWY8kqiBX_xXRpdtDFDtDEKH0ZlS3HsZE6Ej8K4fSpgvDEVN_hiQuZBV8FwH2p9cARFU_8OfCGGvxWuLmeyc0vMC6u14pwUw0fjBc4iQQPFEqWxxsOGyPwLXBcqb8/s320/20220417_100733.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tag liked it when the guy went really fast. The guy says, "I like to go back and forth....driving in a straight line is boooooooring!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDA0Daqs_TODmpQnZG2u0yDS_CccdQdKgEuM948yc5QoK5PZOwFn_sQV5pcFGg5CIFPZTk-mpzE0e3_IqB0r6k1PzK_2WRaAyoEariU2qlLVbrAawRsdy9bUHgtZUquo0GpySK5ZPp7FTTiA6-x8i9R_n0sSNSOUUVGA8bdx8DaPywF_aiz0k0GR6/s4032/20220417_101957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDA0Daqs_TODmpQnZG2u0yDS_CccdQdKgEuM948yc5QoK5PZOwFn_sQV5pcFGg5CIFPZTk-mpzE0e3_IqB0r6k1PzK_2WRaAyoEariU2qlLVbrAawRsdy9bUHgtZUquo0GpySK5ZPp7FTTiA6-x8i9R_n0sSNSOUUVGA8bdx8DaPywF_aiz0k0GR6/s320/20220417_101957.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the end was a short show with an alligator handler doing things like putting his jaw in the alligator's mouth!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoqDwt_CBr1nIsRvHVTR0CjWICG3_RZ7Gg19PnuzTk9SD7zXDu6X9XNlhTwjf72oD884pgOo0Lb7fDKgejcMcmc8KMg9C2uT_LJqqMFpQW_bi2j37w6U3l0KC63-hbqOymBnuzWn7KMD9YWIfBMTOP_Jghj6UFBYVx2zYVaoi4_bytsgFKozUucZr/s4032/20220417_105728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoqDwt_CBr1nIsRvHVTR0CjWICG3_RZ7Gg19PnuzTk9SD7zXDu6X9XNlhTwjf72oD884pgOo0Lb7fDKgejcMcmc8KMg9C2uT_LJqqMFpQW_bi2j37w6U3l0KC63-hbqOymBnuzWn7KMD9YWIfBMTOP_Jghj6UFBYVx2zYVaoi4_bytsgFKozUucZr/s320/20220417_105728.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisuMO5En1SWoMu-W1o9mBuBn09Kl64xS9ZnrkIhU1JqnazQN0zvUirX_lR5i8YO67x3gUBQiK0wZhjcfrsNkyTnHvcCfRpb9qBlPjX4DXme13ag0Z7Oy0MVhMqRYE0xFi6JqFUAJIfFGF6CXDe7jlZDkevTxfLGpY3jELuiv3m1xmEr6JBYXihyWa/s4032/20220417_110904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisuMO5En1SWoMu-W1o9mBuBn09Kl64xS9ZnrkIhU1JqnazQN0zvUirX_lR5i8YO67x3gUBQiK0wZhjcfrsNkyTnHvcCfRpb9qBlPjX4DXme13ag0Z7Oy0MVhMqRYE0xFi6JqFUAJIfFGF6CXDe7jlZDkevTxfLGpY3jELuiv3m1xmEr6JBYXihyWa/s320/20220417_110904.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That pretty much sums up our cruise experience. I do have a bunch of randoms pictures that I'll post tomorrow.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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On the last day they had a contest for the Activities Team Staff which was pretty hilarious because the loser in each round got shoved into the pool fully clothed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Almost any time throughout the day there were activities all over the ship. They offered drawing classes (which we participated in) as well as an Art Auction and informational classes on fine art. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I came very close to buying this piece of art. I loved it, but finally decided I just wouldn't have a place to put it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAb1qTXdB-pXibHJixzrGyVlgk0N5EynXSHM09E5byeTLs-6BAbX1lAQdaYSI_5t7gs3-dQscnX-TTWiSVIZPP5C5a8tzrzb3BIryD9vkdpnC5ftluryNXR8IAN1ygZfD9WfcEbtjijOiSMnArGA0uJtybPMI7fGUzzvWq64ZyLGN3cTm8r3m6d7b/s4032/20220412_210631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAb1qTXdB-pXibHJixzrGyVlgk0N5EynXSHM09E5byeTLs-6BAbX1lAQdaYSI_5t7gs3-dQscnX-TTWiSVIZPP5C5a8tzrzb3BIryD9vkdpnC5ftluryNXR8IAN1ygZfD9WfcEbtjijOiSMnArGA0uJtybPMI7fGUzzvWq64ZyLGN3cTm8r3m6d7b/s320/20220412_210631.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was almost always a Trivia Contest going on in the Club. Tag and I participated in some of those, and even made some friends we teamed up with to try and win. We met these friends during the Music Trivia Contest. Tag was anxious to participate in that one, figuring he had a good chance of winning. They announced at the beginning that the highest score ever made was 29/30. As the questions were asked, we were making comments about how easy the answers were. The ladies behind us heard, and we began a gentle trash-talk with them about who would win! At the end, Tag missed ONE question! (A question he says he will never forget!) The ladies behind us missed two questions, but knew the answer to the one Tag had missed. So if we had teamed up, we would have beat the record for a perfect score! We teamed up in other Trivia contests, but never came close to winning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They also did a bunch of game shows in the Club.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were mostly one side of the room versus the other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7XyMjU7A0GkS_Or8vHvvgQTW8kfGisbkkePP7221x4k3NievekEUrVhgDru7AE5k8quTQl_WC9M2Usj-5gdXOw7AULtxLLd2KZa3hroAecMx80-V0FJevodxUjqhxH1tIzNGFFubqiL7CeoVkom7sGSihdGIpPyBOHAaDqsQbOeL5Ni9HlSezEab/s4032/20220410_202815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7XyMjU7A0GkS_Or8vHvvgQTW8kfGisbkkePP7221x4k3NievekEUrVhgDru7AE5k8quTQl_WC9M2Usj-5gdXOw7AULtxLLd2KZa3hroAecMx80-V0FJevodxUjqhxH1tIzNGFFubqiL7CeoVkom7sGSihdGIpPyBOHAaDqsQbOeL5Ni9HlSezEab/s320/20220410_202815.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This game was fashioned after the show "Minute to Win It". Good ideas for our next game night!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrj_ZmaUj0Dq7HXWTtgcthK6D2k7HGablwjUQ3gz36CinIJTBOVqxLMV9zMMKSD7h8GyPvEE2JtNS4NpcNZVOiorXhNXiZhnFkBxbKGsQMpv4zmqn4hrQ3SKdCRCaSjVoFjnED10qrzNa_rHvxmfFVlWzCOvBO4qOHmLUIsk7t7hdDeXOUFGEWgZn/s4032/20220413_210018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrj_ZmaUj0Dq7HXWTtgcthK6D2k7HGablwjUQ3gz36CinIJTBOVqxLMV9zMMKSD7h8GyPvEE2JtNS4NpcNZVOiorXhNXiZhnFkBxbKGsQMpv4zmqn4hrQ3SKdCRCaSjVoFjnED10qrzNa_rHvxmfFVlWzCOvBO4qOHmLUIsk7t7hdDeXOUFGEWgZn/s320/20220413_210018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They also played a great game named "Yes or No". The staff member put guests under the spotlight and had 3 minutes to interview them, asking questions to try and get them to say either word "yes" or "no". Very funny and the staff member was pretty good at it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The highlight of every evening was a show in the The Theater. These productions were phenomenal, and amazing in that some of the shows were done by the same group of singers and dancers and they literally never stopped moving for one second while on stage. The amount of lyrics and choreography they had to learn was just astounding!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The show the first night was "Colors of Life". It was a story of someone with no color in their life. A new color was added with each song until the stage was a rainbow of colors. Every dance production show included some amazing aerial acrobatics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhervDwn5BIowncy5nnDoe9wJVWMnB72-OZlkRQ0IsGCLMePzRdV-_Du8DUWfTR5xZbmKBHimSSEAuftT9WUCW8GGeT0et1dS8ojpScyHeE6LjFD8Xmi39wVP2pXOMTWBXWCU4uj3lsREYVQNtJbPq48_p007SRKAGOqL4DHd3WWBb9hn0NhQOysLvH/s4032/20220411_215041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhervDwn5BIowncy5nnDoe9wJVWMnB72-OZlkRQ0IsGCLMePzRdV-_Du8DUWfTR5xZbmKBHimSSEAuftT9WUCW8GGeT0et1dS8ojpScyHeE6LjFD8Xmi39wVP2pXOMTWBXWCU4uj3lsREYVQNtJbPq48_p007SRKAGOqL4DHd3WWBb9hn0NhQOysLvH/s320/20220411_215041.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEial8uXxUa8C01eWLaS858JNsCqN0Exx9Foph0kYvWPBtFgYqCeR0HGHhWoC_ZBiaMAH4-8RuUIhYSh-JmvD28QAV7tYJLcLCI9omtxK1Hm0XZNsd5WNXlJiHlBBm_dR0OGxpink9rWutgkRnXjrZ5_t3eZ0E2gaT9FcTNatssdfpS44mWitpn2Fv6r/s4032/20220411_215133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEial8uXxUa8C01eWLaS858JNsCqN0Exx9Foph0kYvWPBtFgYqCeR0HGHhWoC_ZBiaMAH4-8RuUIhYSh-JmvD28QAV7tYJLcLCI9omtxK1Hm0XZNsd5WNXlJiHlBBm_dR0OGxpink9rWutgkRnXjrZ5_t3eZ0E2gaT9FcTNatssdfpS44mWitpn2Fv6r/s320/20220411_215133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second night we were delighted to see a show by Tommy Green Jr. He turned out to be our favorite act on the cruise....we saw him 3 times! His first show was on the main stage in the Theater. He sang, told hilarious stories (reminded me of Don White in that respect) and generally horsed around.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5-S6c5sTAukiUR5-cLzuSzbOeJXgCTzNnsmg09boV-6MHhr9VPZXoEC9wAwk2YoQlqdWT7GpZ0Hrc6hz2Jxf_z1YxQwqWruHDk1CcigzBExdrBRqBXR0SzOpgXHR94jALXXfUF7HAb-ZnVbKSagg44U_kXf6vsMBgiCEkvd8FqSQ5A1KU3Rnc2Nt/s4032/20220412_220853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5-S6c5sTAukiUR5-cLzuSzbOeJXgCTzNnsmg09boV-6MHhr9VPZXoEC9wAwk2YoQlqdWT7GpZ0Hrc6hz2Jxf_z1YxQwqWruHDk1CcigzBExdrBRqBXR0SzOpgXHR94jALXXfUF7HAb-ZnVbKSagg44U_kXf6vsMBgiCEkvd8FqSQ5A1KU3Rnc2Nt/s320/20220412_220853.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">He told some great stories about his Grandpa, and at the end his Grandpa came on the big screen to sing us a song, give us a toast and wish us a happy cruise!</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-ahdu-NG1S3E30WnRQ6zLjSN_CjV9EtirvPhOvVOXmni0C6nBZS5WCKL1NIiAIa0ogXm9VKsB1Ip7f_JpUhPdWfppRpYV4fQymCfcOSgG-pR61NFq22szI8WaepumPzFubEjwBV4_HEbm_2-R0dTV-SyjIDimwAV70r1Nqq9sypwvn6OSOYZnIU8/s4032/20220412_225832.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-ahdu-NG1S3E30WnRQ6zLjSN_CjV9EtirvPhOvVOXmni0C6nBZS5WCKL1NIiAIa0ogXm9VKsB1Ip7f_JpUhPdWfppRpYV4fQymCfcOSgG-pR61NFq22szI8WaepumPzFubEjwBV4_HEbm_2-R0dTV-SyjIDimwAV70r1Nqq9sypwvn6OSOYZnIU8/s320/20220412_225832.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We saw Tommy again late night in the Eden Lounge. They did an acoustic spotlight every night and when we saw he would be playing we went to see him again. I got a chance to chat with him after the show and tell him how wonderful he was....he gave me a big hug!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelYZDV0FDI59pCN1inlLh7NqwuVdL_F935mgbydMnZyxe5bQFSHiU62e85D1MNwEx5I0H8MPrJkIKP_9dtpDhLTdOZll4OJQx6DNpdx3p1BTXmv1SwYFN_PWs7bGJlFF3s3lLrMaPt52XsDbfXibDUB8wv3giyqKmwvGBVQiMXQ2v7-11WvfSRqId/s4032/20220414_232232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelYZDV0FDI59pCN1inlLh7NqwuVdL_F935mgbydMnZyxe5bQFSHiU62e85D1MNwEx5I0H8MPrJkIKP_9dtpDhLTdOZll4OJQx6DNpdx3p1BTXmv1SwYFN_PWs7bGJlFF3s3lLrMaPt52XsDbfXibDUB8wv3giyqKmwvGBVQiMXQ2v7-11WvfSRqId/s320/20220414_232232.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, we saw him again in the Grand Plaza on the last night. He was asked at the last minute to team up with the evening's performer, Danny......I think because he was so popular! BTW - Tommy was one of the staff members conscripted at the last minute to partipate in the pool contest on the last day. A really good sport!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyYDE8jAzX-k6yuJgD2jwaxO8d7PrigQqHHg0ethJMRug3_JeVxxAWS0cTsJur0yCz-QN2EiaBb2C7taJfABg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One evening, after the main show in the Theater, they put on a show in The Club. Lots of 60's, 70's and 80's music! And including dancing and aerial acrobatics!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8mnPo-ani9sq_xdC_CwTeKFdRmv2H6uOhCQzYs5toqGldbNvFzBIshqB5Emdg3Br1dHx7RWP4-7LoqGrNwvNFQ46JtheKYNsZYjXAs59Aoo9zvPepvFShuBGj2U9msO55C-KhwXv0jsDxeAHImAcztm8_1-gtsW4BvpYv9L6UmI18x7sJnqigS5Z/s4032/20220412_231447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8mnPo-ani9sq_xdC_CwTeKFdRmv2H6uOhCQzYs5toqGldbNvFzBIshqB5Emdg3Br1dHx7RWP4-7LoqGrNwvNFQ46JtheKYNsZYjXAs59Aoo9zvPepvFShuBGj2U9msO55C-KhwXv0jsDxeAHImAcztm8_1-gtsW4BvpYv9L6UmI18x7sJnqigS5Z/s320/20220412_231447.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkq1moOvPw2ylPp47tjI8_jm3WtbbaxfbWbjIpAo3wPS41pFBrl8JszO4acLr0ZBUEGLull1MLN2HtuhZDxWVe7a_H4kvqgl4q2LeuFnuJTkAY-cftpTroPH7WH_ZXHE2HiCyPXESQmZhQvu840AAOkfFXVDRBe__K9izDldfagk4o1da5aea9kyOD/s4032/20220412_233328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAbrOEK9yLSnEUnGjbURH1i755LZ4Bfy1j-QDPqxG5zHInlVSrQZ6CzLM6cZjn7OWwr3Wo9Bl_Do0V5pIEPlafIhfEt-dWSmUSIDTWf--BaevaXOF3cppalNfsz3SgvwgHMYSwo3EEZAllkC60vds5h0pY2ePqWaSLPREUlXBiTTmqMw0g7JJW7-P/s4032/20220413_214549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAbrOEK9yLSnEUnGjbURH1i755LZ4Bfy1j-QDPqxG5zHInlVSrQZ6CzLM6cZjn7OWwr3Wo9Bl_Do0V5pIEPlafIhfEt-dWSmUSIDTWf--BaevaXOF3cppalNfsz3SgvwgHMYSwo3EEZAllkC60vds5h0pY2ePqWaSLPREUlXBiTTmqMw0g7JJW7-P/s320/20220413_214549.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For his grand finale, he was tied up, put into a box, they stuck sticks into the box in every direction, and when he came out he was not only in one piece, he had on different clothes!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Another favorite act at the Theater was the Soulwaves....an R and B group that was very good. We went to see them again at the Grand Plaza on a different night. We met one of the singers, whose name is Seven (not Five, not Six....Seven) in the elevator before the show. He wasn't dressed for the show, and we didn't know who he was. He has a tattoo on the front of his neck that says, "Be Happy". When I commented on it, he said it's his affirmation every morning when he looks in the mirror! We knew it was him when we saw him on the stage because of the half-blond, half-black hair!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h-arV-6WmjkW3mWFBPaZHeWJSS5uA6XAzseEDDocehDXyDk4l_YX3t71XjYewrDnINtkEEhoRV8tLHF01vm9BDXWDi8EaU1yyAPgV8fF5upe1F-BY8ApXXQAZovORuq7cyT5lENtWAEkISkIWumJXo1qdwr1JYgL-lbrGntME_WMlBLztX7BE84s/s4032/20220415_220319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h-arV-6WmjkW3mWFBPaZHeWJSS5uA6XAzseEDDocehDXyDk4l_YX3t71XjYewrDnINtkEEhoRV8tLHF01vm9BDXWDi8EaU1yyAPgV8fF5upe1F-BY8ApXXQAZovORuq7cyT5lENtWAEkISkIWumJXo1qdwr1JYgL-lbrGntME_WMlBLztX7BE84s/s320/20220415_220319.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaUYzAvtTEArWWPzynvuiaKyzmyB5_yBC_yHL7-_6Mseml47ZmVD9LcFdn-XPblCOzhPFsXlt3TF6dwoqgTfDYnAnfkJUJw13q3w7udsj8lrDW7MUxHqRxPkCke8zqbnRU89zhpRDRHAIRKaFaAV2g4cZq26pvHkwSeaLuXZ4Qiyd2Ud6bZTK43x5/s4032/20220415_220339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaUYzAvtTEArWWPzynvuiaKyzmyB5_yBC_yHL7-_6Mseml47ZmVD9LcFdn-XPblCOzhPFsXlt3TF6dwoqgTfDYnAnfkJUJw13q3w7udsj8lrDW7MUxHqRxPkCke8zqbnRU89zhpRDRHAIRKaFaAV2g4cZq26pvHkwSeaLuXZ4Qiyd2Ud6bZTK43x5/s320/20220415_220339.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv0BnmkXeUMn6aoF4pqNAGCqnEguFK5qLuRjqsxBUNT7rAT_I4sDPCcJTOp99SJMK1wllrVY0UVo_ZEl7HAfSamiffUFATHu59t_F6oahsilFfEV8uu53AY-zCftJ7hhsxY6u8J1dH25ZUbSS6IXkdwJNc3z1OV5bRCjOra4h4dxq0M5dL_OzbGUe/s4032/20220415_220345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv0BnmkXeUMn6aoF4pqNAGCqnEguFK5qLuRjqsxBUNT7rAT_I4sDPCcJTOp99SJMK1wllrVY0UVo_ZEl7HAfSamiffUFATHu59t_F6oahsilFfEV8uu53AY-zCftJ7hhsxY6u8J1dH25ZUbSS6IXkdwJNc3z1OV5bRCjOra4h4dxq0M5dL_OzbGUe/s320/20220415_220345.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another fantastic show in the Club.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnS3bPcR3v0cUDlbj-Qr0Gi9LfFsqEPA7fSydMiX1Z7vmumG6wtuIQ_GLLPqZErWFtXueHNlDSDczv-i4tzPAFdBLMTeaGW2bEqJiZ8OBuN80doiWB9YUkCW6Qk3Jh9It6lmlBukUr8g_7rscbYewgXS-vaM4g3gWvyqTg5TCVzAqnJgc-GtUfEko/s4032/20220415_225215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnS3bPcR3v0cUDlbj-Qr0Gi9LfFsqEPA7fSydMiX1Z7vmumG6wtuIQ_GLLPqZErWFtXueHNlDSDczv-i4tzPAFdBLMTeaGW2bEqJiZ8OBuN80doiWB9YUkCW6Qk3Jh9It6lmlBukUr8g_7rscbYewgXS-vaM4g3gWvyqTg5TCVzAqnJgc-GtUfEko/s320/20220415_225215.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9u9i0GIV6BdC5-FwI0jmw-quTlHSoZj_q1rjMNOyKJxqBVp1_V_2knrDrbM4wGcE_P-UM_Enj28MkWgksSphtZmol31Ln8O2b2K21eByrDGiQqYoKtWKhjATaKcHMFLXdgg-8tqiofvDNS0SediKWtBX0isiPTiCLlPpApnERzRYKBPckIWEfDT3/s4032/20220415_233057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9u9i0GIV6BdC5-FwI0jmw-quTlHSoZj_q1rjMNOyKJxqBVp1_V_2knrDrbM4wGcE_P-UM_Enj28MkWgksSphtZmol31Ln8O2b2K21eByrDGiQqYoKtWKhjATaKcHMFLXdgg-8tqiofvDNS0SediKWtBX0isiPTiCLlPpApnERzRYKBPckIWEfDT3/s320/20220415_233057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw65p_IdFIf3CpUOW7cVdMkMUkiaeDS3SNjRsSmodfnh5Tak4cMH0vMNPPeLgQhgqn_jvxQp8TatfDptjE1xA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The final night's show was called Kaleidoscope. Beautiful show with dancing and amazing vocals.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8OlvJqi8LynrzpwYKpHFWP89bEp4UWxEumvjwjC7MYuLV3FjVab9HkedwcPWxuKS1254Cas_pSJvnJliDOaKq7eBb6J0lvr-m8yQS4qB7pbBp8D39woNSHNqtiOD8pkCXM1GfTckdZHsW1tdtJKWVqN_ggYdjJevw0rZ_dIR2er34pPmaLdV_p77/s4032/20220416_210109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8OlvJqi8LynrzpwYKpHFWP89bEp4UWxEumvjwjC7MYuLV3FjVab9HkedwcPWxuKS1254Cas_pSJvnJliDOaKq7eBb6J0lvr-m8yQS4qB7pbBp8D39woNSHNqtiOD8pkCXM1GfTckdZHsW1tdtJKWVqN_ggYdjJevw0rZ_dIR2er34pPmaLdV_p77/s320/20220416_210109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4SGtuTlSs-wrOAYFBYx4k1gIWFEAadsYI8Rmhjc_AU4dsOV5dCBMvrJ9mKzWFpXQWCTIAhyM5pVAbKneNNCJaNWKCy7Uu0n3IJABPuZtvkr6qMYBewwyXmxsAHEmZTfwAPoIZug-4mHgxyIXj0kBjB_FwyQUoorcSpZXQ8lXikix8ByBze2pBEk5/s4032/20220416_211757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4SGtuTlSs-wrOAYFBYx4k1gIWFEAadsYI8Rmhjc_AU4dsOV5dCBMvrJ9mKzWFpXQWCTIAhyM5pVAbKneNNCJaNWKCy7Uu0n3IJABPuZtvkr6qMYBewwyXmxsAHEmZTfwAPoIZug-4mHgxyIXj0kBjB_FwyQUoorcSpZXQ8lXikix8ByBze2pBEk5/s320/20220416_211757.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the very center of the ship was the Grand Plaza. They had music and dancing there every night. We saw a few musical acts there.</div><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNEScp4orD_y9sHOH9G93LtZVoi1ylqeAGU8EfGJwFMBubDGU48jR4EBqXD-kJO2biP4NbKDS4oDAS47o0sm7j8RrhEIqmfX-x66_jK31fRe_4JGhtGGjJj5v7NJmC-9rw_3SFWl8h4Jm8i5Dp3Uw_FC1Pry-VFwlMqx8UK7TUI2fRS2Vlbz79ned/s1600/IMG_3695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNEScp4orD_y9sHOH9G93LtZVoi1ylqeAGU8EfGJwFMBubDGU48jR4EBqXD-kJO2biP4NbKDS4oDAS47o0sm7j8RrhEIqmfX-x66_jK31fRe_4JGhtGGjJj5v7NJmC-9rw_3SFWl8h4Jm8i5Dp3Uw_FC1Pry-VFwlMqx8UK7TUI2fRS2Vlbz79ned/s320/IMG_3695.JPG" width="240" /></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">At a certain point every night, the bartenders would put on a display of juggling. On the night I finally was in a good spot to video it, they put on a wonderful display.....except for the end! Ugh! Unfortunately, Blogger isn't allowing me to post it because it's too long....so I'll post it directly to facebook.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We really enjoyed our Tour Director, Lewis. He was British and hysterically funny. He introduced all the shows, and made himself available all over the ship when needed. He was the one running the poolside contest for staff, and they dragged him into the pool at the end. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6r7SN0rVXPA0c4QfJH-qocozbk-TZhcKgcvYXojIXbzwxRj_7gpIIDXJy0ClvWrsWXLiNjstKanxlSgGP49-P8Od7E4Um_bCTVX5aUbJBbN7d61pdqmAgPxvNrSzO59Q1KEXAXUQF8UesqOrKywrRZG5w-IWFgz2-Bx9K8tkZEeyRVlMLeYx_IbiV/s4032/20220414_231915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6r7SN0rVXPA0c4QfJH-qocozbk-TZhcKgcvYXojIXbzwxRj_7gpIIDXJy0ClvWrsWXLiNjstKanxlSgGP49-P8Od7E4Um_bCTVX5aUbJBbN7d61pdqmAgPxvNrSzO59Q1KEXAXUQF8UesqOrKywrRZG5w-IWFgz2-Bx9K8tkZEeyRVlMLeYx_IbiV/s320/20220414_231915.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">He also decided to try his hand at the Bartender show!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxxp_Z56BAfprlbEbSDbSBmHItgdw14BZBvBllfGDR1O2IqqY8hAXOvpIvpR6zxtK9AlNhjDrl65LkBtvzHLQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much music, dancing, singing and fun! It really was a great part of the cruise. Tag especially enjoyed every minute of it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tomorrow I'll tell you about our excursions.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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After a while, it became a little contest to see who could create the tallest cone!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56524tUaGRaLzynmZRvQN0n-at_kSIaMW7rsjOBvCPUWKnsHPc2I0W3lvc50Fh-ylYnWiuSPTXoFhc87oYtmJqOSGjH9qz1WOEIhABYaEG1_3LWBsn9U5ZmLRnuX9BdFyJ8mgWYYnmOJusOtLAKf6ryKRpDjbxp6kOcL786jnAv-Og4BJ-mlaBq85/s4032/20220410_131816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56524tUaGRaLzynmZRvQN0n-at_kSIaMW7rsjOBvCPUWKnsHPc2I0W3lvc50Fh-ylYnWiuSPTXoFhc87oYtmJqOSGjH9qz1WOEIhABYaEG1_3LWBsn9U5ZmLRnuX9BdFyJ8mgWYYnmOJusOtLAKf6ryKRpDjbxp6kOcL786jnAv-Og4BJ-mlaBq85/s320/20220410_131816.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ate most of our breakfasts and lunches in the Oceanview Cafe. This was a buffet open to everyone that had absolutely everything you can think of and more! I wish I'd gotten a better picture to show you the scope of the place. There must have been about 20 stations with all kinds of food. For breakfast, yogurts and fruit and pancakes and made-to-order eggs, bacon, home fries, English Breakfast food, Spanish food, etc. For lunch - I can't even begin to name everything they had but each day I got the biggest, most delicious salad bar. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdkNDyRTs85EpYaQ6zdeJheubH1bNZDu_rOflKYrSUDuLlsPGJ3Lyr6Xz_XmPeI_YOhjYUTRgoGJR9EAgHTHSR8-pKhtVbcOVEZtfM_dAicINa3KVNjBHrO4aGF01Md5y35efme8i7vU5rs3OI3_5AWmrLCJXgOOU2il3CfngjB2Ic43PECn-vM_q/s4032/20220412_093221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdkNDyRTs85EpYaQ6zdeJheubH1bNZDu_rOflKYrSUDuLlsPGJ3Lyr6Xz_XmPeI_YOhjYUTRgoGJR9EAgHTHSR8-pKhtVbcOVEZtfM_dAicINa3KVNjBHrO4aGF01Md5y35efme8i7vU5rs3OI3_5AWmrLCJXgOOU2il3CfngjB2Ic43PECn-vM_q/s320/20220412_093221.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were several different dining rooms on board, with different focuses. A steak house, an Italian place, etc. There was a grill up at the roof garden, and there was a grill near the pool that served hamburgers and hotdogs and fries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our Aqua Class room entitled us to eat in the "Blu" restaurant. We had to dress up, and we got the same waiter, Movin, and assistant waiter, Lanie, every night. I was quite enchanted with Lanie, as she had a beautiful lilting voice and loved to make us happy. "Time for Dessert!" she'd sing! She quickly knew our preferences and pointed out the newest chocolate dessert every night. One night when I said I was too full for dessert, she insisted on bringing me some mint ice cream. I think she would have been sad if I refused dessert!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitjIg4i4ZN7-TmISHbi17cmNQFMlF0vrokVl62egI7_ZaKc2XOX96fSuckNgTu7veoUw5iUpewiIKO1AoTjDhYLj3a3rnHCl__g1Kg6opvRD-pfSmCJueyNKIJ3zGYtUbUo--23OHb_hjxIdbIpA44N5v3_WJ1h8gttTn_yXgU2lEGqRhhE5UHNgD/s1600/IMG_3740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitjIg4i4ZN7-TmISHbi17cmNQFMlF0vrokVl62egI7_ZaKc2XOX96fSuckNgTu7veoUw5iUpewiIKO1AoTjDhYLj3a3rnHCl__g1Kg6opvRD-pfSmCJueyNKIJ3zGYtUbUo--23OHb_hjxIdbIpA44N5v3_WJ1h8gttTn_yXgU2lEGqRhhE5UHNgD/s320/IMG_3740.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had absolutely delicious, fancy meals every night. An appetizer, then entree and dessert. We had everything from roasted duck to filet mignon to lobster tails, always with delicious sauces and vegetables. They also brought us 4 different kinds of bread with accompanying sides to dip them in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQMQYyBstwRSIBNkmHi34sX5eWWgLaQ1cFXUVqYLpuxdWMAKEsp-c2uB_hE6Ten0AEjG6dHBGie6-Nv3QtoFavZM7ho4hGIoArnbQtqHL3zGxolM3NLUVyp5AECGZehLrVCZ1TamyfthEzOd4vHnifcV1VvCjp_-0F96Iy8Di2f37IU0JTMykZYvm/s4032/20220412_203117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQMQYyBstwRSIBNkmHi34sX5eWWgLaQ1cFXUVqYLpuxdWMAKEsp-c2uB_hE6Ten0AEjG6dHBGie6-Nv3QtoFavZM7ho4hGIoArnbQtqHL3zGxolM3NLUVyp5AECGZehLrVCZ1TamyfthEzOd4vHnifcV1VvCjp_-0F96Iy8Di2f37IU0JTMykZYvm/s320/20220412_203117.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ooT2CnhXecDPPw6UtUGsMgt_9wVLdpg9-HcIuh_QzPchoVeKRspm5PBQKnEw6npzQtZX9W-rBMMorWPUJuY49o5bOD8pK9SzyNopuaJWLJjN7EaLho6qSRzOlUA7sPrl-m_i_OfFRMQcoHzgLNudlWvJ-k5nvVavSarjdy5Ttjv_ZqbupHYdJ6th/s4032/20220410_181756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ooT2CnhXecDPPw6UtUGsMgt_9wVLdpg9-HcIuh_QzPchoVeKRspm5PBQKnEw6npzQtZX9W-rBMMorWPUJuY49o5bOD8pK9SzyNopuaJWLJjN7EaLho6qSRzOlUA7sPrl-m_i_OfFRMQcoHzgLNudlWvJ-k5nvVavSarjdy5Ttjv_ZqbupHYdJ6th/s320/20220410_181756.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was listed on the menu as a "Crabmeat Martini"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Vd9pUgbK2YH09IXdp_vIisCmtfLUPK6grzqTNG_ZXJOV10JHLRNc3R9qSso7nt56exiizaaJRGirUGNpF_z5zbl6JtI4m-0pFehiClHxzz817UtgTHKP6M8PwoKIh_3TG7i1tCmcv7WAGiBJZbr1ei0Q2VpGa48jqWZIePFxZuDraYdr-2tgRwj5/s4032/20220416_184924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Vd9pUgbK2YH09IXdp_vIisCmtfLUPK6grzqTNG_ZXJOV10JHLRNc3R9qSso7nt56exiizaaJRGirUGNpF_z5zbl6JtI4m-0pFehiClHxzz817UtgTHKP6M8PwoKIh_3TG7i1tCmcv7WAGiBJZbr1ei0Q2VpGa48jqWZIePFxZuDraYdr-2tgRwj5/s320/20220416_184924.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzygJq37FNaVGIU6pW1vjMES6X3HuRPzd67PDLHYL3TI359Pr2VyqQH5jTa6eSeTZSKNab66mckXQtbH5dnyQCdshPYyawN-ba5Tcp8C4aGks7sSJtundBSgJ2Yh0rGtvPCbOrBs1-lSN1JCJDzdrQLpoks-XzgaEvnMdoNs16I_ecxqLnY0GrMLs/s4032/20220414_190642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzygJq37FNaVGIU6pW1vjMES6X3HuRPzd67PDLHYL3TI359Pr2VyqQH5jTa6eSeTZSKNab66mckXQtbH5dnyQCdshPYyawN-ba5Tcp8C4aGks7sSJtundBSgJ2Yh0rGtvPCbOrBs1-lSN1JCJDzdrQLpoks-XzgaEvnMdoNs16I_ecxqLnY0GrMLs/s320/20220414_190642.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One night we went to a specialty restaurant called "Le Petit Chef and Friends". This was an amazing audio-visual display put on right on the table between each course. Very hard to explain! Basically, the plate was on the table, and surrounding the plate the people would come out and prepare your meal. They'd throw ingredients onto the plate until the meal was done - then the real waitress would come out and place the food on the table - and it exactly matched what the little people had made!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49UjB6aQu3UTByhjShvzCRLXuWrpK0l5CYKsIkFD-X-mUjX_cPMgtWaxW9D9gny1WFOqfaUxOXoGFSFUtK6WGKxoh0qb82TPPjD7YLWL61nARDOWhslvnKvqd0W4kXs-qGi7F3AD_sF6RBugthNLhlM-yl2hs8mFHh5YaWzcyNUFAJacud8nBWZsQ/s4032/20220414_193526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49UjB6aQu3UTByhjShvzCRLXuWrpK0l5CYKsIkFD-X-mUjX_cPMgtWaxW9D9gny1WFOqfaUxOXoGFSFUtK6WGKxoh0qb82TPPjD7YLWL61nARDOWhslvnKvqd0W4kXs-qGi7F3AD_sF6RBugthNLhlM-yl2hs8mFHh5YaWzcyNUFAJacud8nBWZsQ/s320/20220414_193526.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a little story that went along with each course. And the little family went from the couple meeting, to them getting married, having children, the children grew up and moved away.....and at the dessert course the grandchildren came back for Christmas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What you see here on the table is digital and moving.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRZLNRf1IlvauPJI5AJORHq2hf_yXV8iSRi4B3vUWsLfvTozFhwGHyMNMu1EH_5_TLsalElnNijIvEc-rCPqV36OXgDRPFKeEu6M-OrVPmVNjNrclUuOka1ea2RPaJwA_S95VWQK2IxXZ4lF1eiQIu-xZRRc6OxMN1ZQu9JYGqZG6GtQaPXaqyZQd/s4032/20220414_200226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRZLNRf1IlvauPJI5AJORHq2hf_yXV8iSRi4B3vUWsLfvTozFhwGHyMNMu1EH_5_TLsalElnNijIvEc-rCPqV36OXgDRPFKeEu6M-OrVPmVNjNrclUuOka1ea2RPaJwA_S95VWQK2IxXZ4lF1eiQIu-xZRRc6OxMN1ZQu9JYGqZG6GtQaPXaqyZQd/s320/20220414_200226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHSKC1c6Hp09iGiZuIng__lWl9pJySH_Pf31uBhb_9JBq4FpoTW672LP8JZwDd1LmC3lOncvO78WTfMU_GP5uJnHFqg6ZiHAdj1CzhA5ofKYSkktfp-Pwq_6B8MMDa8GqJ1ICsifcE2yf7X5pfzpLEEhqSJFvFStBsd6iXBPH7hpqHw-aZjgcNxpYD/s4032/20220414_202639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHSKC1c6Hp09iGiZuIng__lWl9pJySH_Pf31uBhb_9JBq4FpoTW672LP8JZwDd1LmC3lOncvO78WTfMU_GP5uJnHFqg6ZiHAdj1CzhA5ofKYSkktfp-Pwq_6B8MMDa8GqJ1ICsifcE2yf7X5pfzpLEEhqSJFvFStBsd6iXBPH7hpqHw-aZjgcNxpYD/s320/20220414_202639.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzBjH0HETHjSGhCULzFXsXMgfhgxj5uuP8gPzU49nC0qY65n4Nul_m1PC1nKAhM5hrTW1aDManXQ4kgp6Gb_A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzHDXwfmPvm--lntgwBjzA9NdjePNQwSvMGzrIX47hbj5BODXZmnm_bvaASlqgXrsum2oKWcD_hY6jKQ5bhNg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In addition, our cabin steward, Begus, left us some canapes each afternoon, so when we went to our room to dress for dinner we wouldn't die of starvation before we made it to the dining hall! And the buffet was open until 1am....in case you were famished after watching the evening entertainment. We indulged a couple of nights in some pastries, which we brought back to our room to eat whilst sitting on our balcony.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We tried to eat responsibly....we really did!!! LOL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tomorrow I'll tell you about the amazing entertainment.</div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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One was the Rooftop Garden where you could sit and relax, watch an outdoor movie, or eat at the grill.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrFdupgGTlM6FxpudoAXHfJZ_25_4Y18wIAgBQgvfFcvEK-zRgdHmQAdDxZDJPtwepZpT7YEADOgMuecZyNAaxk9sAhx-1Igqo_eC5iozyfcIEGVTlULoidhrVVXtbqF5WAQMMuUw6kTC7NGxuBRkf004_nLzuyBajSd3BtQFy-Ox6b1hM7n-3yuq/s4032/20220411_145153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrFdupgGTlM6FxpudoAXHfJZ_25_4Y18wIAgBQgvfFcvEK-zRgdHmQAdDxZDJPtwepZpT7YEADOgMuecZyNAaxk9sAhx-1Igqo_eC5iozyfcIEGVTlULoidhrVVXtbqF5WAQMMuUw6kTC7NGxuBRkf004_nLzuyBajSd3BtQFy-Ox6b1hM7n-3yuq/s320/20220411_145153.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36lZBcfjeyqoZYa-OkZV3H7ZoiM1Ync98EclOGsYEXz4KDcsSXfpZ0QLPxvoXW25gDqf9j8GCQVIntixRFV8K6akIU6b0JftSultosS7k5ig6ykSxHfNRzFO58gnthtY4KSFhy2u4hlDtFFJ0-N78z_ATY2Lu6Y9I8Ez-vOKIKsB5E4JCsN6qq4lO/s1600/IMG_3713.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36lZBcfjeyqoZYa-OkZV3H7ZoiM1Ync98EclOGsYEXz4KDcsSXfpZ0QLPxvoXW25gDqf9j8GCQVIntixRFV8K6akIU6b0JftSultosS7k5ig6ykSxHfNRzFO58gnthtY4KSFhy2u4hlDtFFJ0-N78z_ATY2Lu6Y9I8Ez-vOKIKsB5E4JCsN6qq4lO/s320/IMG_3713.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt76psnXwgZ4P_q-9v-3Xj-uV4KDieGxPUrvo3ZGEm5GlxYAIsJ5nF-cbitDikVv27YXINZ3wBq6UgRDGTxrOhd9foixz-mexjXr-1_tgndyVqdtT-jDBBXZaDeY4DsIwk15FbTkz1KqnL0Ert42tATypoq3fp9DVzidSNTJpMlZXPmKUZP0UxmAKk/s4032/20220411_145241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt76psnXwgZ4P_q-9v-3Xj-uV4KDieGxPUrvo3ZGEm5GlxYAIsJ5nF-cbitDikVv27YXINZ3wBq6UgRDGTxrOhd9foixz-mexjXr-1_tgndyVqdtT-jDBBXZaDeY4DsIwk15FbTkz1KqnL0Ert42tATypoq3fp9DVzidSNTJpMlZXPmKUZP0UxmAKk/s320/20220411_145241.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nq8m7MlcPrusNLOxZSgJmRYU5MrpqS_ZSonBYkzasxn8RlJoeYIMCA_27xgMAn-hRi4rTRtVAhUKmaXM1ZTDVKa1yc63Aw7IiiNpLfJCMHUnmC_0CEbI9vX_AASvI1OtBsplfOH2_x-YbaBSdYHQlyRyuj4O1UqTDPr8UMzFflUMbGnQ16YDqxqr/s4032/20220411_145331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nq8m7MlcPrusNLOxZSgJmRYU5MrpqS_ZSonBYkzasxn8RlJoeYIMCA_27xgMAn-hRi4rTRtVAhUKmaXM1ZTDVKa1yc63Aw7IiiNpLfJCMHUnmC_0CEbI9vX_AASvI1OtBsplfOH2_x-YbaBSdYHQlyRyuj4O1UqTDPr8UMzFflUMbGnQ16YDqxqr/s320/20220411_145331.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other place that was really pretty was one of the restaurants called Eden. 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There was a small, shady area overlooking the pool that had cushy couches with pillows. In the afternoon, the DJ or live band would play from that spot. But in the morning, when they were playing quiet music, it was an ideal place for us to sit for an hour with a book and relax before the day's hijinx began.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Everywhere you went there were nooks and areas with plenty of loungers and chairs. You certainly didn't lack for comfy places to relax!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Next up - food!!</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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Even though I knew cruise ships were huge, our mouths were agape at the size of the ship!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AtoeAUurubJWLboonGbAupDKH4cop9c3H4trgHstSwQ7Kbu2ubtPpc0Ye2HbenSZGfQFT_uqYtZ4PJRkNsbwLdv-P5JyWQmXxPIv5lEKZ2xkEWDeYwFjDNHvRLAkZ0AhnWsXwnEfG6wMylEqZp83jEHyJE5XE1z46FNRw1AJOk2tAwFfDeoydqbh/s1600/IMG_3690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AtoeAUurubJWLboonGbAupDKH4cop9c3H4trgHstSwQ7Kbu2ubtPpc0Ye2HbenSZGfQFT_uqYtZ4PJRkNsbwLdv-P5JyWQmXxPIv5lEKZ2xkEWDeYwFjDNHvRLAkZ0AhnWsXwnEfG6wMylEqZp83jEHyJE5XE1z46FNRw1AJOk2tAwFfDeoydqbh/s320/IMG_3690.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1Lex-wTNqss1_mwywDO3XkYAzVSiWaZD0jWjbeQEikmCTfWfm7h8aLuiIorl1lZVOOAMZkva3UQrmjyS1borgVVqFJU2VD70NKcwAv4eZ2uiaxgaUbOGJ-Yt8RvHDGmQ0ePvWopYDaPiuCz4pMSAArTlsDTTByI6fmHDWh6HDA55MBtevRqdm-aq/s1600/IMG_3691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1Lex-wTNqss1_mwywDO3XkYAzVSiWaZD0jWjbeQEikmCTfWfm7h8aLuiIorl1lZVOOAMZkva3UQrmjyS1borgVVqFJU2VD70NKcwAv4eZ2uiaxgaUbOGJ-Yt8RvHDGmQ0ePvWopYDaPiuCz4pMSAArTlsDTTByI6fmHDWh6HDA55MBtevRqdm-aq/s320/IMG_3691.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQymBrioD2AJkoefQRW86mSlWb-nTuWUjKQNhkhSisQhjPxof9ym4m7Nb38YRHZG36qfQxUYEZDvNh84HnWlB8ElpVUY4mwWV2P2DkEPCK5yvFV3GstyVifKUmi2Xk5_TZyGwKk5zPLMojhvvhqmsGfzOdOb0W8RH2ra-loZd5t_WnYoKiu2v8Hyt/s1600/IMG_3692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQymBrioD2AJkoefQRW86mSlWb-nTuWUjKQNhkhSisQhjPxof9ym4m7Nb38YRHZG36qfQxUYEZDvNh84HnWlB8ElpVUY4mwWV2P2DkEPCK5yvFV3GstyVifKUmi2Xk5_TZyGwKk5zPLMojhvvhqmsGfzOdOb0W8RH2ra-loZd5t_WnYoKiu2v8Hyt/s320/IMG_3692.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were greeted cordially at the dock, where they took our suitcases to whisk up to our cabins. After going through a very easy process, we were invited onboard. And here we had the first indication of the amazing customer service provided by our cruise crew. We were offered cold, lemon-scented cloths to freshen up with as we entered the ship! And the sincere greeting we heard from every crew member.... Welcome Aboard!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were invited to go to our cabin and drop off our carry-on bags, freshen up if we wanted to, and explore the ship. There was so much to explore!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our room was quite spacious, with king size bed, sofa, bureau, desk and closet. 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That gave us a beautiful balcony with floor to ceiling window that opened to the sea air.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHH8v2ZrdAI4U2FO2WvO5zJvkbVF4cDF1xvxrTW4tu2k6axLGxSrvj6-HEvSSwsVECqs9DvR2giH0O08FjbWkZjCfZqDOsRsee5Mu5U2wO1JHLIU9jt3vACB0f8e97Eotoz-ALbJTtfI_m9R7eARpS0gpndcvUck9g964M9LKihGcIh4g6saMD0zQB/s1600/IMG_3698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHH8v2ZrdAI4U2FO2WvO5zJvkbVF4cDF1xvxrTW4tu2k6axLGxSrvj6-HEvSSwsVECqs9DvR2giH0O08FjbWkZjCfZqDOsRsee5Mu5U2wO1JHLIU9jt3vACB0f8e97Eotoz-ALbJTtfI_m9R7eARpS0gpndcvUck9g964M9LKihGcIh4g6saMD0zQB/s320/IMG_3698.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "hub" of the ship was the pool. Luckily for us, the ship usually holds over 3000 guests and 1500 crew. For this cruise, we had 1613 guests and 1004 crew. So it was very easy to move around the ship, sit by the pool, and get restaurant reservations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYX66TBnTDNv-ct3shhxy5xNEwRkbFlFJVruEZ0cYvwQ_FsHR8nB_ZWJL01TNGLWFFlHdYEQKe2mkEsPZhqoXhUjR5FiQ3PqImfo5uBS5taA6agezSz6JbZYjaaScKL1Q4aPfynvw8zmC54hvPBbSeckXSj_xPkAOje615pDwwFQm19NTwpoNpfJy/s1600/IMG_3707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYX66TBnTDNv-ct3shhxy5xNEwRkbFlFJVruEZ0cYvwQ_FsHR8nB_ZWJL01TNGLWFFlHdYEQKe2mkEsPZhqoXhUjR5FiQ3PqImfo5uBS5taA6agezSz6JbZYjaaScKL1Q4aPfynvw8zmC54hvPBbSeckXSj_xPkAOje615pDwwFQm19NTwpoNpfJy/s320/IMG_3707.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were also two big "champagne glasses" that were hot tubs. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3i5Lm4ozCqOhFusqCyQScgGouPtcsBLEWBymsaFd7ZxfQrxVnEhzB0qwMKzu0-n9vmLo2uFFzhgyrpcC0erfnaO51O5GUdc1TS1UPbRL8rOiC5T5QTH6xk0hKssC9YyWy-JG5Z8iJc5Km5j0vcboDw0JN6jmUVrrKkjmOBIyQBpeAfITXl6NfAHR/s1600/IMG_3709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3i5Lm4ozCqOhFusqCyQScgGouPtcsBLEWBymsaFd7ZxfQrxVnEhzB0qwMKzu0-n9vmLo2uFFzhgyrpcC0erfnaO51O5GUdc1TS1UPbRL8rOiC5T5QTH6xk0hKssC9YyWy-JG5Z8iJc5Km5j0vcboDw0JN6jmUVrrKkjmOBIyQBpeAfITXl6NfAHR/s320/IMG_3709.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every day the activities team had things to do around the pool. Volleyball games, water aerobics (which I thought was a blast!), bingo, question of the day (that's how I know how many guests and staff were on the ship), competitions for the crew to participate in........etc. It made for a fun and interesting time! There was music playing all the time, either with a DJ or a live band.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you weren't into noise and sun, there was another pool in the Solarium. This was an adults-only area. It had some very comfy, cushioned lounge chairs, the pool and another hot tub, and was covered with a roof that let in the light but not the heat of the sun. It played quiet background music and was meant to be a place to relax. 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The video footage really brought what you were seeing to life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a vast museum with all different rooms. Starting out with different countries, and working its way to different genres and finally highlighting musicians.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNiuBkeZ8g4HtkSI4JYgYP1zN7dPw9FP_X-IEz53ItVdOIOPwbMrB045ZBuat0p_34_dju-LbRNlMC9WNELeFIiP0rVhKJ_TAIXh3KaVYpAiyk9-XNCEOZDpsbqe7YgXcTn8ezp-IrZg/s2048/IMG_3522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNiuBkeZ8g4HtkSI4JYgYP1zN7dPw9FP_X-IEz53ItVdOIOPwbMrB045ZBuat0p_34_dju-LbRNlMC9WNELeFIiP0rVhKJ_TAIXh3KaVYpAiyk9-XNCEOZDpsbqe7YgXcTn8ezp-IrZg/w400-h300/IMG_3522.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPXHGZLgLww6Pf-7a_l2AgQlAJPcjmV67zeQ09UFZxDop620g5ApBNm-GgUPa31EFMYtfkChjbh9EmtTboncZ4csKeXhyH4eYAZFfZfZJ-2o2KVV_LP4KB23gR-LtyfrwJtVSk3KKRVY/s2048/20211012_131712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPXHGZLgLww6Pf-7a_l2AgQlAJPcjmV67zeQ09UFZxDop620g5ApBNm-GgUPa31EFMYtfkChjbh9EmtTboncZ4csKeXhyH4eYAZFfZfZJ-2o2KVV_LP4KB23gR-LtyfrwJtVSk3KKRVY/w300-h400/20211012_131712.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Giant Double-bass. We wondered how someone could play it.....and actually saw footage later of someone doing just that!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzyG9oWEbzNmCGbDBuNMVTJ5ITnOi8k7LDOH5aOaJXNUl3_ZTiSc6skp6UcwumMQeOO3PZDQxymislQhyphenhyphen3j514eUpZ9qmrcgPtvPDTYpS4GnJ3hjCkyLUIAM92AxkMn7ViNH5oQB4Jdo/s2048/20211012_131755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzyG9oWEbzNmCGbDBuNMVTJ5ITnOi8k7LDOH5aOaJXNUl3_ZTiSc6skp6UcwumMQeOO3PZDQxymislQhyphenhyphen3j514eUpZ9qmrcgPtvPDTYpS4GnJ3hjCkyLUIAM92AxkMn7ViNH5oQB4Jdo/w400-h300/20211012_131755.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi054vVDdhhM9zaD1Iebbqv39kNOgiwkPRTW1Tvt-xgdyyqo3YH7t29inU2DFm51l5_zwBrUNr21zJvzhx-SkSSOaTj_YQ-g3V-NaWGfctibG2uxvdNR4r5TuxP5ahBPVWFT4t_9q31D-8/s2048/20211012_133340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now this.....if it would only fit in his Christmas stocking!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CbeNCaA1Taz3GX-xZyqfgKTAj32vVEr4Bc2d5z5xoNuDIEvXBtKMGgq-1CVBNF1xcZKuhXd0xDkjNPyhY5-F1YlgCSyVoKXJawRsDk4F2pJnQz8swX_3g4iOsEDqp404Nnw-Nw5N-d4/s2048/20211012_135801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CbeNCaA1Taz3GX-xZyqfgKTAj32vVEr4Bc2d5z5xoNuDIEvXBtKMGgq-1CVBNF1xcZKuhXd0xDkjNPyhY5-F1YlgCSyVoKXJawRsDk4F2pJnQz8swX_3g4iOsEDqp404Nnw-Nw5N-d4/w300-h400/20211012_135801.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEbinMIC6Ms7pYrvXGcG5pJrjDZqs8mTelLtnN8LC-Vntr7u5bGTBywkGAHro5aIh7qwryRPxHz_71DCkeguIDYeSfJBY90kr8V0gD6uNG4BA8qEVc8VtyDIDnHl6vxtYn5qAwtUqPfA/s2048/20211012_143115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was only one instrument in the whole place that you were allowed to play....a beautiful Steinway piano! Hubby really enjoyed playing it. I thought I was taking video of him, but turns out I wasn't! Sorry!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1d6hxM1E0-w3gFHCmciGT3Ghz9WdfF5186vYUSMCZ5xwqpO_kUe1XnUBSy0N4Don882gmzVKIK3riMpuVOyVDjf-ia8qKZ9l0fSDSEzMDi30l1bmOQLvJQeW-GrvrWEQxAd-URTkNDw8/s2048/20211012_160027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1d6hxM1E0-w3gFHCmciGT3Ghz9WdfF5186vYUSMCZ5xwqpO_kUe1XnUBSy0N4Don882gmzVKIK3riMpuVOyVDjf-ia8qKZ9l0fSDSEzMDi30l1bmOQLvJQeW-GrvrWEQxAd-URTkNDw8/w400-h300/20211012_160027.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mTmKJ0DQp_4spv-A184_ugJgG8q2S9A7GISD3gQxcsCt2rTKpxYOv9A8c9Go2Kpw9KUd3v3-M9DZgGRxlV6Q-XzWldjj8DVbHNTaX0HtyT25_1hkZsujjG4GrLvhAzdwMu7osj15zxc/s2048/20211012_160103%25280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mTmKJ0DQp_4spv-A184_ugJgG8q2S9A7GISD3gQxcsCt2rTKpxYOv9A8c9Go2Kpw9KUd3v3-M9DZgGRxlV6Q-XzWldjj8DVbHNTaX0HtyT25_1hkZsujjG4GrLvhAzdwMu7osj15zxc/w300-h400/20211012_160103%25280%2529.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the drums played in the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1QlnPs1FGITuol5lAXylLyjDiuhGqxC0IrZ5cruut9AbskNPIsC_CSCSpZv_-6gU_CoK8fC0jkRf1O5YSAZ7sfk2xFVjTbwQ_D2c46dvcrwU-3cnLKTnAaemU3K3seNlOlRgotSedE8/s2048/20211012_162149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1QlnPs1FGITuol5lAXylLyjDiuhGqxC0IrZ5cruut9AbskNPIsC_CSCSpZv_-6gU_CoK8fC0jkRf1O5YSAZ7sfk2xFVjTbwQ_D2c46dvcrwU-3cnLKTnAaemU3K3seNlOlRgotSedE8/w300-h400/20211012_162149.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think we might have some friends with this many guitars!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitotmhsYylF_xIvxdnL39EAkle7XUQrVeLGjymDngt7W4_C3PlwMREH_-DVjvlz0bQYJb1alfhUIyIqgUVdUR-8OD39er_ahjL9HZZ8oqubto4lsb5z1crjnjDpeDvzzkJCL1nM1PzvAg/s2048/IMG_3524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitotmhsYylF_xIvxdnL39EAkle7XUQrVeLGjymDngt7W4_C3PlwMREH_-DVjvlz0bQYJb1alfhUIyIqgUVdUR-8OD39er_ahjL9HZZ8oqubto4lsb5z1crjnjDpeDvzzkJCL1nM1PzvAg/w400-h300/IMG_3524.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nope! No bagpipes in our house either!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhga1rLvgiNHql1ZzQ5DwKCooy17GRyPVVTDBGBC8cEYXoylwLcbpapQ_qN1Wfzc9Znavh8U6sd-tRwle6r9uD66fto7irqWpi-0yHM4p2szgUxkFzdFTnY_5hJ7XEOgj93502UDiFtajI/s2048/IMG_3532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhga1rLvgiNHql1ZzQ5DwKCooy17GRyPVVTDBGBC8cEYXoylwLcbpapQ_qN1Wfzc9Znavh8U6sd-tRwle6r9uD66fto7irqWpi-0yHM4p2szgUxkFzdFTnY_5hJ7XEOgj93502UDiFtajI/w400-h300/IMG_3532.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcUbVoaQaq0pdvxgDBdFzV_pT__vYt5QcyFqTX45iUR1UttaBIgvkbFfueInQL3jzoC_RjGITwFz6DuVaXgjY1g6lAMMpwlO9EdSDq14zWtqly6POxvrudAWKKcf7V2LcRyQU2PRD4-s/s2048/IMG_3535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcUbVoaQaq0pdvxgDBdFzV_pT__vYt5QcyFqTX45iUR1UttaBIgvkbFfueInQL3jzoC_RjGITwFz6DuVaXgjY1g6lAMMpwlO9EdSDq14zWtqly6POxvrudAWKKcf7V2LcRyQU2PRD4-s/w400-h300/IMG_3535.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvfTiCabHAqt05_oBPZkb1o376sR99g4XQVi2Q3WlsvTmTZAtYVclnHWBxhUSVVghgrb80FeWgLf7K7Bx-sS-lY4EF7VxtVYiq9LClNdXRTi4uFhToUjmDQrKU_4sj4YVaa48z5tdpdc/s2048/IMG_3539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvfTiCabHAqt05_oBPZkb1o376sR99g4XQVi2Q3WlsvTmTZAtYVclnHWBxhUSVVghgrb80FeWgLf7K7Bx-sS-lY4EF7VxtVYiq9LClNdXRTi4uFhToUjmDQrKU_4sj4YVaa48z5tdpdc/w300-h400/IMG_3539.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwUBJWynUtmJVbfqZ9I2vcHfXYgydUfv37KHw1D5MOSwJUuoIFXBaB5ZCVah8M1QUwkw41DAq1-urFB4ThBRxCrhCSe9YVswWhReLvpCDUmfbniLwv04FkxsXuazO5WBUoHD_fQZ1xdQ/s2048/IMG_3545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwUBJWynUtmJVbfqZ9I2vcHfXYgydUfv37KHw1D5MOSwJUuoIFXBaB5ZCVah8M1QUwkw41DAq1-urFB4ThBRxCrhCSe9YVswWhReLvpCDUmfbniLwv04FkxsXuazO5WBUoHD_fQZ1xdQ/w300-h400/IMG_3545.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybHU9NJ3Lupz7Zou2LimoNkV-pc-ocvN7tO0xvsF99XKwOZwudSak9zol5XL7lP6vUu9n9BC00xWyLde7wufcdvURD6IZOZVJusIu_2JqRhTjAD3_UQFFet8zEdzggfDrIL-T4JgDt0w/s2048/IMG_3550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybHU9NJ3Lupz7Zou2LimoNkV-pc-ocvN7tO0xvsF99XKwOZwudSak9zol5XL7lP6vUu9n9BC00xWyLde7wufcdvURD6IZOZVJusIu_2JqRhTjAD3_UQFFet8zEdzggfDrIL-T4JgDt0w/w300-h400/IMG_3550.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent over 3 1/2 hours here, and had to rush through the last two rooms before the place closed. Amazing collection of music!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thus ended our Arizona Adventure. The next day we boarded the plane and headed back to NH. The only black mark on a fantastic adventure was that Flight Line forgot to send someone to pick us up! Luckily, after some "Karen-like" behavior, they sent a car for us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We totally enjoyed every minute of our trip. It was so unreal to be in the western part of the same country we live in and feel as if we were on another planet! It was great to come home to NH and see so much green! (and orange and red and yellow foliage!)</div><br /> <p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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Believe me, it's not a "forest" as we think of it in New England!</p><p style="text-align: center;">When you get to the landing point for the Walkway, you are on a Native American Reservation. No private vehicles are allowed beyond that point, so they have shuttles to bring you out to Eagle Point.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjBqN-vnd7xw9bEnxCl1590S2_E4_PVmgc0zlkJEmBHQx7b7-8wZKjXCQFyei5TCzaRjWl_0zMb0359DMVcoWe1Mxjn7e67lUSKUo5IS90aMBb3042DQ5YBl5QX6qoSHmygeu_xiP110/s2048/20211011_111307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjBqN-vnd7xw9bEnxCl1590S2_E4_PVmgc0zlkJEmBHQx7b7-8wZKjXCQFyei5TCzaRjWl_0zMb0359DMVcoWe1Mxjn7e67lUSKUo5IS90aMBb3042DQ5YBl5QX6qoSHmygeu_xiP110/w400-h300/20211011_111307.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OAW5FP0mAqfnb0A7fM0_-JOchLbD_MV025yEutNevqO9dVQCys9W3qT3kfu_IbDg7xEZOpZtoTpSAnO7pNt5pQGPlVVbjsFW5clVDmmco8j9AL61B0BLZNv_5Jz9i7rWpmOYZk1O3o4/s2048/20211011_111028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OAW5FP0mAqfnb0A7fM0_-JOchLbD_MV025yEutNevqO9dVQCys9W3qT3kfu_IbDg7xEZOpZtoTpSAnO7pNt5pQGPlVVbjsFW5clVDmmco8j9AL61B0BLZNv_5Jz9i7rWpmOYZk1O3o4/w300-h400/20211011_111028.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">It's called Eagle Point because of the "eagle" shape of the rock formation as you look out over the canyon.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYSybyKVJqNZurEMXVss_h-hDCpAUJ_B5BJhvkGHvU8CcLGzGvnYMVDquptfXfcIHIL1PV9BO7JHY-Q6wdI8Aev07iKidpkbAzAtmmRciZcoieGL4fyYx1sU4PXI5QjnOE06bkN9QE0U/s2048/IMG_3426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYSybyKVJqNZurEMXVss_h-hDCpAUJ_B5BJhvkGHvU8CcLGzGvnYMVDquptfXfcIHIL1PV9BO7JHY-Q6wdI8Aev07iKidpkbAzAtmmRciZcoieGL4fyYx1sU4PXI5QjnOE06bkN9QE0U/w400-h300/IMG_3426.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Our main point for going was to walk on the glass walkway.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtUmaCyG4lzxxHqYrHoph2ft3FyVFWpqyO80NrXwMDLsE6pazl1RZUhGHx1Ck-NlJ1eaNKyd2SvLa5dDpwlWxNF8L-E74sG-YreFeFKoItBDWjUCMnKLgl9A04ZCBDrGoop49NFQdp6U/s2048/20211011_123751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtUmaCyG4lzxxHqYrHoph2ft3FyVFWpqyO80NrXwMDLsE6pazl1RZUhGHx1Ck-NlJ1eaNKyd2SvLa5dDpwlWxNF8L-E74sG-YreFeFKoItBDWjUCMnKLgl9A04ZCBDrGoop49NFQdp6U/w400-h300/20211011_123751.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">We had been told we would not be able to bring any cameras or phones on the walkway. We had to take everything out of our pockets and put them in a locker. Then we had to put on booties so our shoes wouldn't scratch the glass. </p><p style="text-align: center;">It was an extremely windy day, so it was initially pretty exhilarating to go out on the walkway. It wasn't nearly as scary as one would think, as attested to by the fact that Hubby, who is not fond of heights, had no problem being out there. </p><p style="text-align: center;">After the first minute or so, I found myself feeling under-whelmed. You were only a few feet over the canyon, the floor of the walkway wasn't all glass (there were steel beams on either side, and only about 3 feet of glass were under your feet) and the view of the canyon was not as beautiful as some of the views we'd seen the day before. But it was a very cool experience and one I'm glad we had.</p><p style="text-align: center;">There had been adverised that there was a Native American Village to tour. The village turned out to be a display of different styles of Native American homes.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehbAx6cwJVaMq5TcltWAug0vbDRRrVbUTWreIt4B5ErrT2v7NOOGcRb_tlq0f_GoQQ2526SAvApO6Zcd1Epf-rLoWoO0KXg0smn1igUxBrhVUn34UfllmQuJFhDeSdgDVv6KOdBiv_Kk/s2048/IMG_3446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehbAx6cwJVaMq5TcltWAug0vbDRRrVbUTWreIt4B5ErrT2v7NOOGcRb_tlq0f_GoQQ2526SAvApO6Zcd1Epf-rLoWoO0KXg0smn1igUxBrhVUn34UfllmQuJFhDeSdgDVv6KOdBiv_Kk/w300-h400/IMG_3446.JPG" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh__CyoGP1Db-HUEDKtDnsbpS4IeiHme1VrYGXGq42hmYMovU-WK3w_Xr5WhX8HpHlAPOzrrWwIhyphenhyphenRYdii87QG5deK8DFTaGmp7ytHhC6cveoobP7LZFvqLUEZQmAL5QBmHYI2W6byts/s2048/IMG_3439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RX8nDMDiYCLAA3Bh66yIuPNoQYJNOO58JGX9VuGTnqwXdAUhNw84IMTuEEWvTGVqgerUF-h1rR80E7up2p3D4MRmY07ZByKMIiisjlNcBO6Zcwy2wnwfHHhoI-fRWSJpyNtB-hsV9MY/w400-h300/20211011_123933.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">From Eagle Point, a shuttle took you over to Guano Point. At first I was wondering why they would call it Guano Point, knowing that guano is bat excrement. It turns out that there was a cave there full of bats and they had set up a way to excavate the guano from the cave and use it for fertilizer.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomBalYywMjE8j_pnqggtV2pgcL19LJ-64OW_ReQf-CHCiBzZBW51tQmIkwYFU27qMq6rqtmMD5ydW-77tgBz_2qcsgSaIisyobkQLmnk6muX_6yqICcdaXhP7QLeZlbFH5_HhOiN3RHE/s2048/20211011_132531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomBalYywMjE8j_pnqggtV2pgcL19LJ-64OW_ReQf-CHCiBzZBW51tQmIkwYFU27qMq6rqtmMD5ydW-77tgBz_2qcsgSaIisyobkQLmnk6muX_6yqICcdaXhP7QLeZlbFH5_HhOiN3RHE/w300-h400/20211011_132531.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">It was still incredibly windy, and there were little dust tornadoes everywhere. The view of the canyon was murky, but it made it that much more dramatic!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfwCjbSf5sYyHjb3ATvTCkh7-N1OSNAby62Ul7H-duElJYzCTKboKW9x5G0UpbbYwEC-Q695BRZKNxm2YpMqA5nExQiE0kEF_Ujqi1u7zkqhX5oJCt77bRUsuFE4RIUk-hHGWCf0ebfI/s2048/20211011_130339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfwCjbSf5sYyHjb3ATvTCkh7-N1OSNAby62Ul7H-duElJYzCTKboKW9x5G0UpbbYwEC-Q695BRZKNxm2YpMqA5nExQiE0kEF_Ujqi1u7zkqhX5oJCt77bRUsuFE4RIUk-hHGWCf0ebfI/w400-h300/20211011_130339.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUHbuCQrpykMc-68xABZ4qLlMbIZ7kwHRFiqX4QieGynH3dSbzCCEVu1BpzSI3yPIDUxzfzCUnerPVy1oqOdGPWOPdpelNnaP-quAI-0OA3hZDKxn-cxBsW4Vf2RzMAqjOLBk3yp8p1Y/s2048/20211011_130608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUHbuCQrpykMc-68xABZ4qLlMbIZ7kwHRFiqX4QieGynH3dSbzCCEVu1BpzSI3yPIDUxzfzCUnerPVy1oqOdGPWOPdpelNnaP-quAI-0OA3hZDKxn-cxBsW4Vf2RzMAqjOLBk3yp8p1Y/w300-h400/20211011_130608.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2uUNZVOwSz9J1RTvUhj9Ddbq00OmFabd19x5siL7Z05IdIFR0vSRQ1Hvu8XF9oCWmicuSbkVAnAVjjMys3DgtwKhyphenhyphenJdvHKl9ru3zVQTfuvqXKuXXGScXxLsJtCmHmgKR_6v6vHW5tU8/s2048/20211011_132030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2uUNZVOwSz9J1RTvUhj9Ddbq00OmFabd19x5siL7Z05IdIFR0vSRQ1Hvu8XF9oCWmicuSbkVAnAVjjMys3DgtwKhyphenhyphenJdvHKl9ru3zVQTfuvqXKuXXGScXxLsJtCmHmgKR_6v6vHW5tU8/w300-h400/20211011_132030.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We climbed to the top of the first rock formation. The people on the walkway below were tiny!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCXmdU_xsc2Lwmt8iWyY7Alr0MtSrA5J_Efy8V_Ar7BeO_g05001c8hG5-_vGch2RNm6gzGZJ1zzaWN6-BXOJKeEUkITImGAgWhilkTuPCQ9Faumzeeiuno1FxYf4gBKObqQnIziUmiE/s2048/20211011_130627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCXmdU_xsc2Lwmt8iWyY7Alr0MtSrA5J_Efy8V_Ar7BeO_g05001c8hG5-_vGch2RNm6gzGZJ1zzaWN6-BXOJKeEUkITImGAgWhilkTuPCQ9Faumzeeiuno1FxYf4gBKObqQnIziUmiE/w300-h400/20211011_130627.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We chose not to climb to the top of the second rock formation....it looked too scary! Yes, those are people at the top of it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44EfzddbTP5Lnib-so2lIP7WcVefOd_h948BvQgN1Ba1NsXP6aHjL2HjR9u53dBsTNIY92yP6Ep0UJFaUC0ZySFPLCMdIQiBuJpm7eiy0nuPSuSiN4wkMdy3E9RpsotXG4ry4QUhI0b0/s2048/20211011_130707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44EfzddbTP5Lnib-so2lIP7WcVefOd_h948BvQgN1Ba1NsXP6aHjL2HjR9u53dBsTNIY92yP6Ep0UJFaUC0ZySFPLCMdIQiBuJpm7eiy0nuPSuSiN4wkMdy3E9RpsotXG4ry4QUhI0b0/w300-h400/20211011_130707.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did decide to walk along the walkway to the end of the point to see the remains of the guano mine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjwxH80ljeKNEvaX6owRZqZ2OV4zyKL1xLSM9__HOdRlhTr78ntnmGh9lcW55OMfyIBIuEMPUnoA3_e0T7Bd4OgOeQiD137sRFuypksWPrjOYhpoNJyLu17emyMCoOf8fOXr8XmkParo/s2048/IMG_3497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjwxH80ljeKNEvaX6owRZqZ2OV4zyKL1xLSM9__HOdRlhTr78ntnmGh9lcW55OMfyIBIuEMPUnoA3_e0T7Bd4OgOeQiD137sRFuypksWPrjOYhpoNJyLu17emyMCoOf8fOXr8XmkParo/w400-h300/IMG_3497.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the first time on the trip that I was nervous about the edge. Not for us, because we were smart enough to stay far away. I was nervous for the other people who were standing on the edge, climbing over the low rocks that formed a boundary, or sitting on those rocks to take photos. Several times I had to turn my back - I didn't want to be witness to someone going over the edge!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTJlthoKZoEAzx6oyyV6WUvi2rXQ0zey6HL8G-timwWywKnlNUZ9R03HgGIkcbHDxkXZPSXTAGt27-KEdPdCuALHLp6gq9Nucej2XDVPNCdP_iSXxoa5qWyDpsIaj42-X3YTR9wePVMo/s2048/20211011_130932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTJlthoKZoEAzx6oyyV6WUvi2rXQ0zey6HL8G-timwWywKnlNUZ9R03HgGIkcbHDxkXZPSXTAGt27-KEdPdCuALHLp6gq9Nucej2XDVPNCdP_iSXxoa5qWyDpsIaj42-X3YTR9wePVMo/w400-h300/20211011_130932.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjE88O8FyEVkInMfefFTXBO3F5SAUfGXGQt4opRtRmWYXn476vAa-JJySvJNNXiNF0iyXavtUgxFsqi4Wp5MyX_n_Pw08g0taMUBrJ51HmFW4GfdzupFKMwtU8RlBVYTvz_blw0Wc85lM/s2048/IMG_3488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjE88O8FyEVkInMfefFTXBO3F5SAUfGXGQt4opRtRmWYXn476vAa-JJySvJNNXiNF0iyXavtUgxFsqi4Wp5MyX_n_Pw08g0taMUBrJ51HmFW4GfdzupFKMwtU8RlBVYTvz_blw0Wc85lM/w400-h300/IMG_3488.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjse01NeSv3z76DvZjR00x-djMCjQphUolggcLVWWdmd4sEczKABXlNbNkH0YoOqr8_rAi5yqr4SQHN6Yg73ApG4ds1C79EXC0umVEefwo_QCBv1OoiybCuAl78W9wOTTDzAvTiMKv0Hqs/s2048/IMG_3505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjse01NeSv3z76DvZjR00x-djMCjQphUolggcLVWWdmd4sEczKABXlNbNkH0YoOqr8_rAi5yqr4SQHN6Yg73ApG4ds1C79EXC0umVEefwo_QCBv1OoiybCuAl78W9wOTTDzAvTiMKv0Hqs/w400-h300/IMG_3505.JPG" width="400" /></a><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />At the end of the point was the stage for the mine. From there, there used to be a cable line that workers would have to cross to get to the cave on the other side! Not a job I would be volunteering for!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFflhT4hy6Ev7yomA6sM6HFbR2vianvtXMn2DuKCgBut-XCNF_WzKMHURS4702Ua1cEQBYtQYMYUuZOXExS8wV4ZpwTPy-rdoKQUPczrG_L1g4N34Da2LRYijGYJyLlosWa15eIejxedY/s2048/20211011_132538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFflhT4hy6Ev7yomA6sM6HFbR2vianvtXMn2DuKCgBut-XCNF_WzKMHURS4702Ua1cEQBYtQYMYUuZOXExS8wV4ZpwTPy-rdoKQUPczrG_L1g4N34Da2LRYijGYJyLlosWa15eIejxedY/w300-h400/20211011_132538.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yea...I made sure I was closer to the rock formations than I was to the edge!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(note the Grand Canyon T-shirt....we are such tourists!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9K2r6GHtx0ZE82YX1KsL3w3AQbW8RNCBg3koTaEauP-OY_HTG8GUmzW8DM7qA3MHRLE9QJw1uHP7Q_oOdoqEle-8MfF6zZwAYyQmwjF1W3N4fkFZI73Wd7dXXtJbKEoPbLcABGb7OiQ8/s2048/IMG_3495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9K2r6GHtx0ZE82YX1KsL3w3AQbW8RNCBg3koTaEauP-OY_HTG8GUmzW8DM7qA3MHRLE9QJw1uHP7Q_oOdoqEle-8MfF6zZwAYyQmwjF1W3N4fkFZI73Wd7dXXtJbKEoPbLcABGb7OiQ8/w300-h400/IMG_3495.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Guano Point we took the shuttle back to the staging area, then drove back to Kingman for another night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the morning I wanted to have a nice breakfast at a diner instead of the usual hotel breakfast. We found Mr.D'z Diner on Route 66.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf6NGm9grF9PY-430N_D0wssqrAf7esPqpNeuTf_yKax9-zyZn7j5M2vZ4bcNQ4raRGly6RuGB0TbDuPqmFw3MEdWc51W4sw_ujarfgU-afnv7N14ax08a4qCxL9kkvRJoGLm2ixgGgc/s2048/20211012_084716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf6NGm9grF9PY-430N_D0wssqrAf7esPqpNeuTf_yKax9-zyZn7j5M2vZ4bcNQ4raRGly6RuGB0TbDuPqmFw3MEdWc51W4sw_ujarfgU-afnv7N14ax08a4qCxL9kkvRJoGLm2ixgGgc/w300-h400/20211012_084716.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was everything one would want in a roadside diner. Ketchy, with lots of memorabilia on the walls. Great food! And a jukebox too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhH_JuEwHj_E7x1cmXidYHN5wXtTLsn2kRGfI9IIuZNyJNgNSC5kXJYRKGS5tgZBL3trwtLb_CcVzH4J1He5ccMlrC3ugWX9R4UxPNScpvDI9uMnJiZvHlAX6CVVTB1RT8rncG2-2xiU/s2048/20211012_085841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhH_JuEwHj_E7x1cmXidYHN5wXtTLsn2kRGfI9IIuZNyJNgNSC5kXJYRKGS5tgZBL3trwtLb_CcVzH4J1He5ccMlrC3ugWX9R4UxPNScpvDI9uMnJiZvHlAX6CVVTB1RT8rncG2-2xiU/w300-h400/20211012_085841.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bathrooms</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxYjS6TpgVdvtbCVRInSUuWf5ln6PoejSD1SgdFI4LOvNMfFi6Iv__s80r8gSqo4h-A12RFzQce84G0bGfn7ZLcK-GngpWEd4w_yMJlbY13125vd8kHV8E2H5BFLEXc9zaO9cFwpqs1Q/s2048/20211012_084819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxYjS6TpgVdvtbCVRInSUuWf5ln6PoejSD1SgdFI4LOvNMfFi6Iv__s80r8gSqo4h-A12RFzQce84G0bGfn7ZLcK-GngpWEd4w_yMJlbY13125vd8kHV8E2H5BFLEXc9zaO9cFwpqs1Q/w400-h300/20211012_084819.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Up to that point, I hadn't realized we were on Route 66! Now we can say "We got our Kicks on Route 66!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5a7-ZdRD4qQrBrbN-3LGVCu4QJg9ZwGj5YrN2Lchh8ydc0m1NbYAY5ODja0syS7M-ddO6wUGTn7s3H78C8AnU8nF3LqUHIk60DIBwNDN-ueM-J_y5sYH0Bov6w7wi9y0qatJVtfXfZg/s2048/20211012_084731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5a7-ZdRD4qQrBrbN-3LGVCu4QJg9ZwGj5YrN2Lchh8ydc0m1NbYAY5ODja0syS7M-ddO6wUGTn7s3H78C8AnU8nF3LqUHIk60DIBwNDN-ueM-J_y5sYH0Bov6w7wi9y0qatJVtfXfZg/w300-h400/20211012_084731.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a very delicious diner breakfast, we started the 3 hour drive back to Phoenix for the grand finale.....the Musical Instrument Museum!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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It was especially nice to have clear blue skies and temperatures around 75-80 degrees.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsBlymtYrD2QSIxZJ7z7I8A1dWfd1Xjqq0TkdedYV9krT-JBGI7Ao31pOK2v9CFtMA-Pvy_oAuCMIjNau3IJY470K7qoyNKMBcCEy5bUNOFhmC0fcTfhGXMOyINp1UYTcNyvXZzg4Txk/s3141/20211009_131208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="3141" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsBlymtYrD2QSIxZJ7z7I8A1dWfd1Xjqq0TkdedYV9krT-JBGI7Ao31pOK2v9CFtMA-Pvy_oAuCMIjNau3IJY470K7qoyNKMBcCEy5bUNOFhmC0fcTfhGXMOyINp1UYTcNyvXZzg4Txk/w640-h204/20211009_131208.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a bus tour that I wasn't very fond of, we were able to wander around the village or walk along the rim. There was a very nice shuttle system all over the park, so we didn't need to worry that we didn't have our car.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a walking path along the edge of the South Rim that was easily accessible from the village, so we spent some time enjoying the weather and the view before heading to our hotel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-UmgIEnCqT_SFtEgMBUU1ipa-MXtSVBy-pqW_0c5GE6qL9qA-c6NQajEvwlkjVJL6rFTGZQdwi_lpRh7WRARVtft1ZfNZsCSh5jKQyCy6gua2Sa6gwGyM4mpALxvfSq9FR1bR8vJn4Q/s2048/IMG_3303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-UmgIEnCqT_SFtEgMBUU1ipa-MXtSVBy-pqW_0c5GE6qL9qA-c6NQajEvwlkjVJL6rFTGZQdwi_lpRh7WRARVtft1ZfNZsCSh5jKQyCy6gua2Sa6gwGyM4mpALxvfSq9FR1bR8vJn4Q/w400-h300/IMG_3303.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The one sit-down restaurant was fully booked, the other was closed due to covid, and the only other place to eat was the Maswik Lodge Food Court.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, the food court turned out to be a bust....again because of covid. Most of it was closed down and there was a very limited selection of not-the-greatest food. I would imagine the food was more available and better prepared if it wasn't during covid time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tag enjoyed his carrot cake for breakfast out on the deck.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDq_Dkji5DabxFYAI36E6T3lkJRREWpdkimxwgBEw_7J_7Loi1z8g4F2Ski6A-lQ1kyvfSdSNAQa0M5nR2jOsR8uvHTn7L43QnIq-tXiy3IrUpUuqFVV1TNMsepFktCBcYC4FdE2kd1c/s2048/20211010_084543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDq_Dkji5DabxFYAI36E6T3lkJRREWpdkimxwgBEw_7J_7Loi1z8g4F2Ski6A-lQ1kyvfSdSNAQa0M5nR2jOsR8uvHTn7L43QnIq-tXiy3IrUpUuqFVV1TNMsepFktCBcYC4FdE2kd1c/w300-h400/20211010_084543.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the morning, we went and took the "red line" shuttle which brought you all along the South Rim to the destination that was the furthest out.....Hermit's Rest. There were about 10 or so stops along the way where you could hop off, stay as long as you wanted, then hop back on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped at every stop, and every view was different. We just could not stop taking photos! I believe in all, for the entire trip, we probably took about 1200 photos. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So many people told him not to fall off.......he just had to do it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9oaVkNWud_Mj9wKbxkUMk58SE5VKUK7Bc0ac3NFgfGKigdpaJYxquUuRhTfZiPF4xCSLzEzhyXjhRo-WLnWVSb7LQq6VtrS5VF_0gXfkCh-6sBdi82jD-CP-p3xNdb7HZWoHwWsggOo/s2048/20211010_114145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9oaVkNWud_Mj9wKbxkUMk58SE5VKUK7Bc0ac3NFgfGKigdpaJYxquUuRhTfZiPF4xCSLzEzhyXjhRo-WLnWVSb7LQq6VtrS5VF_0gXfkCh-6sBdi82jD-CP-p3xNdb7HZWoHwWsggOo/w300-h400/20211010_114145.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our train ride back to Williams, we hopped in the car and drove over to Kingman, AZ to stay the night and get ready to drive up to the West Side of the Grand Canyon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hotel was very nice and included dinner the night before and breakfast the next morning at the Fred Harvey Dining room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: futura-pt, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Beginning in 1876, Fred Harvey introduced a new standard of service and quality with his “Harvey Houses” along Santa Fe Railroad routes throughout the West, including the world-famous El Tovar Hotel at Grand Canyon’s South Rim.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fred Harvey was also responsible for bringing young women, whom he called "Harvey Girls", out to the wild west to serve as cooks and waitresses at his many restaurants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The meals were served buffet style, and were extremely delicious!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCD6abmZ8SYFDAQGHYaO5KubCnbE6Cpcjcx8jDuI6cXmI5JZNU9SW5SmRktWOtUB6IGre4BIlkXntO_pQjUvzs0s4qDF0OZzoa2KO5l5mSJQJc-AM8_vBFvIw9Eo2SbqAbqBjnGl87tE/s2048/20211008_183811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCD6abmZ8SYFDAQGHYaO5KubCnbE6Cpcjcx8jDuI6cXmI5JZNU9SW5SmRktWOtUB6IGre4BIlkXntO_pQjUvzs0s4qDF0OZzoa2KO5l5mSJQJc-AM8_vBFvIw9Eo2SbqAbqBjnGl87tE/s320/20211008_183811.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ6VD8ovne1N8S71G8sf6byv6oO9WANBQyuuerVIiuAiQjcn3i1PoAbrucgPYPkQPvFNdiqJgD44tN9cRm4GtIl-4GOCFitjbu1kVP3jHmuZgjurmaQZQI4T0xC4WH0jzOnWHfe5UixQ/s2048/IMG_3248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ6VD8ovne1N8S71G8sf6byv6oO9WANBQyuuerVIiuAiQjcn3i1PoAbrucgPYPkQPvFNdiqJgD44tN9cRm4GtIl-4GOCFitjbu1kVP3jHmuZgjurmaQZQI4T0xC4WH0jzOnWHfe5UixQ/s320/IMG_3248.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhpsRFeZVKXKgTrekD50bo6QrbJ0-f-RlrWpijikJ_5XHYn7XnnZ8b30bkpQrAAsDN7jtASoMSd8z4wqPg2yu8NmTW7niXLp-vkXH0hoaH2sFMZuBTxPlMsSvjPSDP7yzfDckPRxLaMo/s2048/20211008_184738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhpsRFeZVKXKgTrekD50bo6QrbJ0-f-RlrWpijikJ_5XHYn7XnnZ8b30bkpQrAAsDN7jtASoMSd8z4wqPg2yu8NmTW7niXLp-vkXH0hoaH2sFMZuBTxPlMsSvjPSDP7yzfDckPRxLaMo/s320/20211008_184738.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hotel had a really nice pool and hot tub, which we enjoyed immensely!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were given a coupon for a free photo. We went to the spot where the camera was located and there was no backdrop, which I thought was terrible. Being the old lady I am, I had no idea that they would superimpose a backdrop digitally. The woman told us that as soon as you scanned the QR code, the camera would snap the picture.......so be ready!!! We got in front of the camera, scanned the code, and I panicked!! I tried to move so Tag and I would be standing side by side, but when I moved to the right, the photo was moving to the left, etc. And here is the result:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOxWZWAlakv8GB_frQIUpLz2d6zi6HPes1hW6tSCGiWux-DPn36GeblR7HJfV_7s6gX_wJltyPuaKbeelTn8PXdGBYSKtWJd7XsF_vqXHvFS0s2FBaKAzC-tQfMJCJdVKVQFYGa_Pt8A/s1440/245044564_10223472705224244_1593494717901454071_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOxWZWAlakv8GB_frQIUpLz2d6zi6HPes1hW6tSCGiWux-DPn36GeblR7HJfV_7s6gX_wJltyPuaKbeelTn8PXdGBYSKtWJd7XsF_vqXHvFS0s2FBaKAzC-tQfMJCJdVKVQFYGa_Pt8A/s320/245044564_10223472705224244_1593494717901454071_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before boarding the train in the morning, we were treated to a "Wild West Show". It was the silliest, hokiest thing I've ever seen.....so of course, it was hilarious!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXB0Ezf7uOgcqWLaxIXQD5uHNVtt9Hn381LRwsUPVlQ-Ufub6GEDGtUD1Dw6ju_NnVl0chYdpxSLcQnAw8Uvl8mea4MekpPbqixKwhLSXAPjUJMb6EjzJegNsJ4iaq8f-Ia0XFk9V38U/s2048/20211009_090211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXB0Ezf7uOgcqWLaxIXQD5uHNVtt9Hn381LRwsUPVlQ-Ufub6GEDGtUD1Dw6ju_NnVl0chYdpxSLcQnAw8Uvl8mea4MekpPbqixKwhLSXAPjUJMb6EjzJegNsJ4iaq8f-Ia0XFk9V38U/s320/20211009_090211.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then it was time to get on the train! We chose the Mary Coulter car, with its glass domed ceiling for the best viewing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGbvw1OQG80K7I6EGrO4ag6cWHcBG_-375b_HOOyRVvyV5F1eny4Gd1WXwtu8YPj8LvcXdCaZ3NVlLs3cbUHH7W_LOOkR3QIEMtLdYxuFJHp-Stel7mX5scb8_Yn1zsoulPEZ8W74QXs/s2048/20211009_091831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGbvw1OQG80K7I6EGrO4ag6cWHcBG_-375b_HOOyRVvyV5F1eny4Gd1WXwtu8YPj8LvcXdCaZ3NVlLs3cbUHH7W_LOOkR3QIEMtLdYxuFJHp-Stel7mX5scb8_Yn1zsoulPEZ8W74QXs/s320/20211009_091831.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were able to move about the train and sit in a parlor car or visit the dining car. We loved the domed car because they served complimentary snacks and drinks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoM5fwRUZ7VTcoFypd8wXZBx6z5Rd8Tcvy7Lj6DusVQMDvGCeic4S710N0m7YxO6RZihbIRdYSf9oGtZbzy2Ayg7upfVnvXm6bzQ9pWLvc2hwpnUHPL90Q4aWqmC6O438xr1tfmtZ8rQ/s2048/20211009_101123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoM5fwRUZ7VTcoFypd8wXZBx6z5Rd8Tcvy7Lj6DusVQMDvGCeic4S710N0m7YxO6RZihbIRdYSf9oGtZbzy2Ayg7upfVnvXm6bzQ9pWLvc2hwpnUHPL90Q4aWqmC6O438xr1tfmtZ8rQ/s320/20211009_101123.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a platform on the back of the train and we were able to go out and stand there as the train was moving.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We celebrated with a champagne toast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatyDrArJAYIi76wREFzDaq5whNyVx43RYSPmMd47SHNLFD83Qzl7Yt8xJKlGYDfylutIA0dW5c5UpnokxYPV2PzHmOZLUCdOrAIjUcE_pH_3PZlNmIr3kK177GN-61fe-QtL1XIzz-9Y/s2539/20211010_155540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2539" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatyDrArJAYIi76wREFzDaq5whNyVx43RYSPmMd47SHNLFD83Qzl7Yt8xJKlGYDfylutIA0dW5c5UpnokxYPV2PzHmOZLUCdOrAIjUcE_pH_3PZlNmIr3kK177GN-61fe-QtL1XIzz-9Y/s320/20211010_155540.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being the tourists we are, we bought the picture the photographer took on the train.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8F9ZRIcymPIpKEO8m9DkzpqjuJErjeIu-VJg2v652eGynPOJ0VFPnVz0DJMwEfx0QTFe1UhmN5DIesJLubYMjlL3jKcRgV-b14Kc0iTlgUVzgX0vC6959baxSvbJjjrackzbMzk1Vh8Q/s2048/20211103_180619+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8F9ZRIcymPIpKEO8m9DkzpqjuJErjeIu-VJg2v652eGynPOJ0VFPnVz0DJMwEfx0QTFe1UhmN5DIesJLubYMjlL3jKcRgV-b14Kc0iTlgUVzgX0vC6959baxSvbJjjrackzbMzk1Vh8Q/s320/20211103_180619+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little church inside the place?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRX1zaBoHnJ2LleH5I9lSAucnvciHqjyt3In4DtojO_sLkGHxvdoSknenLZzkwQlKY7fOEMPiEvKhBoq8lTqv4T4-4vwyGlQFSQbVw6nSZIJv1iwiKs5HzyGqrCwOWKLngk4qKyCjGmc/s2048/20211008_101628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRX1zaBoHnJ2LleH5I9lSAucnvciHqjyt3In4DtojO_sLkGHxvdoSknenLZzkwQlKY7fOEMPiEvKhBoq8lTqv4T4-4vwyGlQFSQbVw6nSZIJv1iwiKs5HzyGqrCwOWKLngk4qKyCjGmc/s320/20211008_101628.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tag had a chat with Amelia Earhart.....not sure why they had a statue of her in Sedona, Arizona!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I think we need this for our backyard.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCGB2rg_taxWtGSBQGEa_exfjxYtjp4Y6XfQjES6xWc01L3jwwEneTdjfpD_ymlgx-_JxwGin5e3Hie-Yoc-xVAby8w5RvxgqyuCQgUsoTCuBJIsQEzR_ro3Cl2u_WHRzNyzyKqDAmec/s2048/20211008_110651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCGB2rg_taxWtGSBQGEa_exfjxYtjp4Y6XfQjES6xWc01L3jwwEneTdjfpD_ymlgx-_JxwGin5e3Hie-Yoc-xVAby8w5RvxgqyuCQgUsoTCuBJIsQEzR_ro3Cl2u_WHRzNyzyKqDAmec/s320/20211008_110651.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They even had some musicians at the Farmer's Market ..... just like in New England!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He said he learned how to play from the original maker of the intrument, Emmett Chapman and still played one made by him.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSwLmMT4y3MBAMLegV92eSMUp1MnwYlf0OpLJFQLUj3Wme5F564gtux36k_7ii7IFxKQsKZlQHZmvBxaY7BlrRr_0w8jL9axk1qaG73Q1vRn7zAvmolOLo2XW3R4hIGwq48YUFqa9X1M/s2048/IMG_3203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSwLmMT4y3MBAMLegV92eSMUp1MnwYlf0OpLJFQLUj3Wme5F564gtux36k_7ii7IFxKQsKZlQHZmvBxaY7BlrRr_0w8jL9axk1qaG73Q1vRn7zAvmolOLo2XW3R4hIGwq48YUFqa9X1M/s320/IMG_3203.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRq6OuP-bBCfdzfgeRhsX5Uv9hDX9jBIyK3BpTn-N9Yh6plqE-G9gOs927RwhvJGMDT2a5R_qEbBasOwCuI2MItk3VPB3ZnIqh7FSponAP3yB9TxTFwrRYyRbINJd2BT_b_G6i15nan6s/s2048/IMG_3206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRq6OuP-bBCfdzfgeRhsX5Uv9hDX9jBIyK3BpTn-N9Yh6plqE-G9gOs927RwhvJGMDT2a5R_qEbBasOwCuI2MItk3VPB3ZnIqh7FSponAP3yB9TxTFwrRYyRbINJd2BT_b_G6i15nan6s/s320/IMG_3206.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKuOQbR4zJmuUSbmsR0Dyi7r-xSgCDt44Tm9YSq1uWTf3jivbB9KeCZVjv9RuGjfBeg45pHDJc46gNmwvLeRSU89saPGc47MDkvIRuSxFjmpedwrIu95IKQ9JUbxqDMSk_WnVxBw_Ks0/s2048/IMG_3207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKuOQbR4zJmuUSbmsR0Dyi7r-xSgCDt44Tm9YSq1uWTf3jivbB9KeCZVjv9RuGjfBeg45pHDJc46gNmwvLeRSU89saPGc47MDkvIRuSxFjmpedwrIu95IKQ9JUbxqDMSk_WnVxBw_Ks0/s320/IMG_3207.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other place we wanted to go see in Sedona was the Chapel of the Holy Cross. It's an amazing tiny church built into the side of the mountain!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_lo3hJYpd_4RRgMwfyaKIEAHkCtV4pu3ErUuYhJVIEeA7GCNlJpxstFEtlclbYpMz_znxBUCvU7J0oWcH1cYejVeFE6jZpLsJpeN0UNQHI0uHV8OStcDJBQaQ7EUWCyw1phy1U0FmIs/s2048/20211008_114411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMGe2Pdxde8APquAYQShOz8acUpOIX-UrEAneJTFiVbTxqtYZcMpUQBjcBGz3GEmd1fj0Kc7Yhqsbutdv_9_f9BpyHiAzjjPIxVaY5z5FLATDrzodXSasWWvhNJhsIRtBax93bM-riZU/s320/20211008_114815.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; 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The town of Sedona is very built up, so our guide made sure to let us know he was bringing us to the "real Sedona". He took us into the Painted Desert and Monument Valley areas so we could see some stunning red rocks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZNyi1RmH91KtZvr1s51H5WI4LQ6uynauSCS_LMUhhfFoQG9klL7Fk-xd4W27s5LWfSJM8pd6Gfr0KE5O6GMuIendIPJAPr56LWOlaE87fTM_nZFd6iEKEFtcLK0H5I5BZzPLKXP10xg/s2048/20211007_144846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZNyi1RmH91KtZvr1s51H5WI4LQ6uynauSCS_LMUhhfFoQG9klL7Fk-xd4W27s5LWfSJM8pd6Gfr0KE5O6GMuIendIPJAPr56LWOlaE87fTM_nZFd6iEKEFtcLK0H5I5BZzPLKXP10xg/s320/20211007_144846.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZ5lbxWd9YIcpElyZAPWKbEVnZ9m50_63oe6G833-NbfK0pZ-r1KJScQgcG0HoHmYhZXf5zIsKDSPY3H9a15XNcagnoDAEVsuK7p5Hac9XjzaGN-vOln1HuOpyaOL6jj5nk-BavhNKjs/s2048/20211007_150642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was like a sickness....we could not stop taking pictures! And as others have said before us, the pictures just don't do it justice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tag was pretty fascinated with the fact that people who live in Sedona go about their busy lives with stunning red rock formations in their back yards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxU2HvCH4OUGT0VSsIAbU18y5fxgN1e1E3J7A1i_lc8GbuKz-NlheiiREdna_M861ThG795KSMVXYA-o7kiCwSZ73adrZ_ufAH80yREr0o66ZmT6XNTIMnExov9k4vhwA7oVqC5UZZRM/s2048/IMG_3150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxU2HvCH4OUGT0VSsIAbU18y5fxgN1e1E3J7A1i_lc8GbuKz-NlheiiREdna_M861ThG795KSMVXYA-o7kiCwSZ73adrZ_ufAH80yREr0o66ZmT6XNTIMnExov9k4vhwA7oVqC5UZZRM/s320/IMG_3150.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of interesting facts about Sedona......It was originally called Schneblyville, after the person who first incorporated it. When he went to register it with the post office, he was told the name was too long and wouldn't fit on a stamp. So he changed it and named it after his wife, Sedona.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKq5MNvM3jJN-Ggx8TbbWTh2CyDStf-Znv2w0mn8ZfFObwfpbRaEhtVt5rhbZ6ZJeQeMAwLNvzwWbHqbEppoHMCOzkYr8645EYaWZ8R9P-QUVQPlVQDjHzAawFi6Mp6AJq7SIn6EReZuQ/s2048/IMG_3083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKq5MNvM3jJN-Ggx8TbbWTh2CyDStf-Znv2w0mn8ZfFObwfpbRaEhtVt5rhbZ6ZJeQeMAwLNvzwWbHqbEppoHMCOzkYr8645EYaWZ8R9P-QUVQPlVQDjHzAawFi6Mp6AJq7SIn6EReZuQ/s320/IMG_3083.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When McDonald's wanted to put a restaurant in Sedona, they were told that the only colors allowed for buildings and signs in Sedona had to be the colors found in the natural surroundings......green grass, blue sky and red, beige and white rocks. McDonald's wanted their golden arches, and sued the town of Sedona to get them, but Sedona won. So the McDonald's in Sedona is the only one in the world with turquoise arches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRHe-wkXvMupid6xEOSLxdpP7dLZfBtqG51KPB_rqMgfeBdDj20mIGBMCAOPjdQwtKkSv0tiOJttMyThIaotj7XVly7XcGZ-tBCKIDcj17yA5ZQYebIc2MmPp1y7Dv5yuUNeVRSghuUo/s742/20211007_173058+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="742" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRHe-wkXvMupid6xEOSLxdpP7dLZfBtqG51KPB_rqMgfeBdDj20mIGBMCAOPjdQwtKkSv0tiOJttMyThIaotj7XVly7XcGZ-tBCKIDcj17yA5ZQYebIc2MmPp1y7Dv5yuUNeVRSghuUo/s320/20211007_173058+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent the night in a very lovely bed and breakfast called Alma de Sedona. Beautiful place with a patio facing a red rock view, comfortable living room/bedroom and a jacuzzi tub (of which I took full advantage!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFKlzozc2gcoSEVhHJ6ttCu32HLWB7uYLEGPBpVe3-uNzM6lmKTrHMqbQSB5bs_AXNKscZt8NvHVBTzcIFyyL49okt1dBG0hc4quwkD7D4C-j1uyzuFMbPtr8qKSmY7mv-tukfdk_4zQ/s2048/20211008_092336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFKlzozc2gcoSEVhHJ6ttCu32HLWB7uYLEGPBpVe3-uNzM6lmKTrHMqbQSB5bs_AXNKscZt8NvHVBTzcIFyyL49okt1dBG0hc4quwkD7D4C-j1uyzuFMbPtr8qKSmY7mv-tukfdk_4zQ/s320/20211008_092336.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was an excellent place to stay in Sedona. Tomorrow we tour around the town and see some more sights.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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It was an old copper mining town, and is situated on a "long and winding road".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWQxo9c8VsxqTlDu3ES4GI2j_XqASmK2rb-uWCcOL1Rc50F2xKV2SX6J-m6h3-usGGpgA3cSiwnpQvfaW4BhWnxWvi3ZuZQkL7pHYeHCQcFMEizFkLDXacj1FlNHLQ4obtzBFjsLpYZA/s2048/20211007_130438+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWQxo9c8VsxqTlDu3ES4GI2j_XqASmK2rb-uWCcOL1Rc50F2xKV2SX6J-m6h3-usGGpgA3cSiwnpQvfaW4BhWnxWvi3ZuZQkL7pHYeHCQcFMEizFkLDXacj1FlNHLQ4obtzBFjsLpYZA/s320/20211007_130438+%25282%2529.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The town was way up on top of a hill, the roads were narrow, and there was not a flat spot in the whole town!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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So we stopped into a small coffee-shop-style place. There were only 2 tables and a man was sitting at one of them eating. I didn't see anyone behind the counter, so I asked the man if the proprietor was around. He says, "This is my place and this is my lunch-time. If you want to have lunch come back in 15 minutes!" Needless to say, we did not go back......we got some snacks from the candy shop and called that lunch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEx3ZsncLJL_eHeEmpULA12zIt2QeLK6U1GhrJti0pupo0nNYJ9w19Bw4WHYOb____BxkUGpSrUfu2tgoe9OH55covJ5LBiyfDB9-junDN5Yykc6oFq2Q7kz3pxwycmIyq4xk6K1rHOO8/s2048/IMG_2999+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2048" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEx3ZsncLJL_eHeEmpULA12zIt2QeLK6U1GhrJti0pupo0nNYJ9w19Bw4WHYOb____BxkUGpSrUfu2tgoe9OH55covJ5LBiyfDB9-junDN5Yykc6oFq2Q7kz3pxwycmIyq4xk6K1rHOO8/s320/IMG_2999+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We should have bought this shirt for Hubby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5HZgTIUBS6VV7iQJ_FUxvz5S0UcPegnGx0yrMO60W0vUT_Iwil_s-OYPVXT9S9bykNxQab9pAVEybxBBxgDxmfacZkaTSPPlqrKJUYNtSXhhbrrqhut7j271m8HD0VPzliOQzPDilU0/s2048/IMG_2995+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1449" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5HZgTIUBS6VV7iQJ_FUxvz5S0UcPegnGx0yrMO60W0vUT_Iwil_s-OYPVXT9S9bykNxQab9pAVEybxBBxgDxmfacZkaTSPPlqrKJUYNtSXhhbrrqhut7j271m8HD0VPzliOQzPDilU0/s320/IMG_2995+%25282%2529.JPG" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the adventure continues to Sedona!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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LOL We thouught it was quite toasty!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bzHLf9X2mpGIJ_asSQnhyKriiPMxb7ky5su3pneAaOfEzqk4o2YIbiQUIYtULh-07yTjVDcejn18f6VlnawJE8pd-v0gUBnSCF6acQ2Dms79E_MghokMqMSNCl4ZZeEXToZt_w6zm7A/s2048/20211007_100906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bzHLf9X2mpGIJ_asSQnhyKriiPMxb7ky5su3pneAaOfEzqk4o2YIbiQUIYtULh-07yTjVDcejn18f6VlnawJE8pd-v0gUBnSCF6acQ2Dms79E_MghokMqMSNCl4ZZeEXToZt_w6zm7A/s320/20211007_100906.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These beautiful glass sculptures greeted us at the entrance to the Gardens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GizNjbAfM7vrgcjLUFR3Nx9k6YbyNofnx6vt99ZvMeGYlBEM-E6TvBj3OacfzMW3YuodZf8q_VhLwvEP4M2wFIVNowreeTzW3Z-dkpxcf1_UwA1Vy5t7eMQSw7f2KYpJrnlWSxTpGK8/s2048/20211007_080650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GizNjbAfM7vrgcjLUFR3Nx9k6YbyNofnx6vt99ZvMeGYlBEM-E6TvBj3OacfzMW3YuodZf8q_VhLwvEP4M2wFIVNowreeTzW3Z-dkpxcf1_UwA1Vy5t7eMQSw7f2KYpJrnlWSxTpGK8/s320/20211007_080650.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another stunningly sunny day!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv3QTaID39DJslGrPmtbXkUY7jJKCw_dnndUiR_5c5P0tQh0_MB-YgQZ9z_3oRvnneIUr4RsJ872ykT9v2R6EDFKnlB9hr4-C8Eb_R7H_mmm2u2HmUjxPG4yCvieNn6dbpKgYfvp49gE/s2048/20211007_081245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv3QTaID39DJslGrPmtbXkUY7jJKCw_dnndUiR_5c5P0tQh0_MB-YgQZ9z_3oRvnneIUr4RsJ872ykT9v2R6EDFKnlB9hr4-C8Eb_R7H_mmm2u2HmUjxPG4yCvieNn6dbpKgYfvp49gE/s320/20211007_081245.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6elIgnKDugTQLUZT3SgqbaJFDP-FfPk0eLzuiPXf_Pq0yym3HUkHNCLT8tLXuhyphenhyphenCJrKp0pNqV42C2itUsfqc0aFJFjGcv6-cY_xhpiwCkWdd5Q76u_7IGoftKpLp-G1VQir2nmzgE04/s2539/20211007_081602+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6elIgnKDugTQLUZT3SgqbaJFDP-FfPk0eLzuiPXf_Pq0yym3HUkHNCLT8tLXuhyphenhyphenCJrKp0pNqV42C2itUsfqc0aFJFjGcv6-cY_xhpiwCkWdd5Q76u_7IGoftKpLp-G1VQir2nmzgE04/s320/20211007_081602+-+Copy.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Barrel Cactus with beautiful orange flowers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQZ5JGYrBCYpvHIrJENXO-qAqSGS3KVd9fG983kJRAQRjK3Q-T7fgAoz5T_mLwCcZIarT8FV1eu-U7ohF6QzYxGRTSgwnDWv6M1IR2zMj5ZvBlnI2OvvSzUPT9-aF0rvSt5UL7WmgSKk/s2048/20211007_083235+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQZ5JGYrBCYpvHIrJENXO-qAqSGS3KVd9fG983kJRAQRjK3Q-T7fgAoz5T_mLwCcZIarT8FV1eu-U7ohF6QzYxGRTSgwnDWv6M1IR2zMj5ZvBlnI2OvvSzUPT9-aF0rvSt5UL7WmgSKk/s320/20211007_083235+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The most common is the Seguaro Cactus. We saw hundreds of these in our travels around the Sonoran Desert. Some cactuses have no arms, some have many. I was interested to see that some of them have holes in them because birds nest there!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELhLKUNF9s4O5-Hid-5_bsu0haUrFNJ9zDV0IDxaYeiRTHL-9Tz4Xn8Daf-gMjwHGRJvtJKtiNj3Vy6fJZRm2pwbb6ArJGokkGkaD_0wBttD6gr-Mr8QEcQVl4GfUiEzypDQJg6RfF_c/s2048/20211007_083301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELhLKUNF9s4O5-Hid-5_bsu0haUrFNJ9zDV0IDxaYeiRTHL-9Tz4Xn8Daf-gMjwHGRJvtJKtiNj3Vy6fJZRm2pwbb6ArJGokkGkaD_0wBttD6gr-Mr8QEcQVl4GfUiEzypDQJg6RfF_c/s320/20211007_083301.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cute little quails were running around like pigeons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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(It was Holiday Inn Express, not plain Holiday Inn....duh!) </p><p style="text-align: center;">Once we got into the right place it was smooth sailing!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVSCzmyz7B5uUtGinr-A8iyZMF0MYKvT5cpYNSLaRek1tD18YGwylUr5ifIieRxbYw5n46_kQrr1hSp9BJw-fvgBAifJ1zIykIovg1k_MjAcq3mGZYBoWJuekoFgCcZfRQ3-jT1BXRHo/s2048/IMG_2947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVSCzmyz7B5uUtGinr-A8iyZMF0MYKvT5cpYNSLaRek1tD18YGwylUr5ifIieRxbYw5n46_kQrr1hSp9BJw-fvgBAifJ1zIykIovg1k_MjAcq3mGZYBoWJuekoFgCcZfRQ3-jT1BXRHo/s320/IMG_2947.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Quite amusing to us to see Palm Trees and not Maple Trees! We were also pretty amused to be swimming outdoors in the hotel pool in October....the temperature was 90 degrees....and yes, it is a dry heat!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xmff9DfM2VzVMtX_wq3lldxANL8Bpe7Bifu_re2HpO3oSeqmDAxBO7bbrHt_1YbqlcIK_Eot7wkFl8nsBMP3MO2vWp_d7nmUTSIxY-LnERwibsRxUi0VZRqtdPpnOA5B1V_it8hJtF4/s2048/20211006_162804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xmff9DfM2VzVMtX_wq3lldxANL8Bpe7Bifu_re2HpO3oSeqmDAxBO7bbrHt_1YbqlcIK_Eot7wkFl8nsBMP3MO2vWp_d7nmUTSIxY-LnERwibsRxUi0VZRqtdPpnOA5B1V_it8hJtF4/s320/20211006_162804.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night we drove east to Mesa, AZ to visit Organ Stop Pizza. When my Dad would visit his brother Bob, who lives in AZ, Bob would take him to this Pizza place that has the largest Pipe Organ in the world!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLdzoN77k6wZD_5sIfo0JKJ325veAutB_D2geicgjo0BYxLe-92pTaOAxvURLeSAuMznQPU9wCc44suScOpdp_eS4UA7QtBcBVx_QMCWKcmZaOeiNismS4rBmUcEgYaQDAPMzBq5pHSY/s2048/20211006_184503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLdzoN77k6wZD_5sIfo0JKJ325veAutB_D2geicgjo0BYxLe-92pTaOAxvURLeSAuMznQPU9wCc44suScOpdp_eS4UA7QtBcBVx_QMCWKcmZaOeiNismS4rBmUcEgYaQDAPMzBq5pHSY/s320/20211006_184503.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The organ emerges from beneath the floor with the guy sitting there playing it the whole time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwYuJtzP4w1767KDv3fprU_BcxCkZGQz_q68AfK4TnlQOb_ECELC2GJFX0uBFTwYanMIKDyRCGmbkXRkp8Rzg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are instruments all over the walls that play at appropriate times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclWk7IHqOIzMGH6SRP5RuLzQ6EPoKV82p6RspUZLTUHvcjKbuzFSSEJDSsm8fEL2V5Q5WOYYz064LyTouDxyMEZn3ilyXmwDmlvAgHNHzt8A1LQedvnLOY8TyKln97gG3eH8irAAi37M/s2048/20211006_182356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclWk7IHqOIzMGH6SRP5RuLzQ6EPoKV82p6RspUZLTUHvcjKbuzFSSEJDSsm8fEL2V5Q5WOYYz064LyTouDxyMEZn3ilyXmwDmlvAgHNHzt8A1LQedvnLOY8TyKln97gG3eH8irAAi37M/s320/20211006_182356.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFGJ383GBGv6XV4h1VaUWGnBOldOeC06YKafXm7kwUcNnSfGqFffD92fniDcr1hL6qRS7RKtw4hqR78jbXKnAj4ZUYLc4g_gKDeTfdB5NSjezgHnfo0JQ_IQuKctWP2aVMgPC5y4E2DU/s2048/IMG_2939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFGJ383GBGv6XV4h1VaUWGnBOldOeC06YKafXm7kwUcNnSfGqFffD92fniDcr1hL6qRS7RKtw4hqR78jbXKnAj4ZUYLc4g_gKDeTfdB5NSjezgHnfo0JQ_IQuKctWP2aVMgPC5y4E2DU/s320/IMG_2939.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHXxDU22a8dl7TY8PUlwkemVZehGjktecG9r67pP-POmFmO-zzK6o2JYv5uigiBUExmGxI7FzX3FL-lCJxIKoh-pLGUSjcMfaZTReEvBdgagE59iYY55gatt_NT5ppT-8m8MF5fga3bw/s2048/IMG_2946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHXxDU22a8dl7TY8PUlwkemVZehGjktecG9r67pP-POmFmO-zzK6o2JYv5uigiBUExmGxI7FzX3FL-lCJxIKoh-pLGUSjcMfaZTReEvBdgagE59iYY55gatt_NT5ppT-8m8MF5fga3bw/s320/IMG_2946.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The organist would play for about 1/2 hour, then take a break. When he came back out he'd look at the list of requests people made and then play some of them! Very talented guy! Tag requested a couple of slower Beatles tunes, and I think the organist wanted to play something jazzier, so he played a whole set of more vigorous Beatles tunes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a fun night and good start to our vacation!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tomorrow we head to The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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They started as a bunch of college students out of Indiana University and made a name for themselves when their video "The 12 Days of Christmas" went viral. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP18noktH4HLKyJ2St2dKnaJ00MPNPQ8iXCpgCDv958OcLwYzF6dSl_HkrOcNW6FJmHVEptH2S4kHjH44YDiLZ64qCtLRCTidS5lijk9fogmUdN7Jr8amThfgLyXrWGU8l2jwhga5wdBY/s2048/20210918_194934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP18noktH4HLKyJ2St2dKnaJ00MPNPQ8iXCpgCDv958OcLwYzF6dSl_HkrOcNW6FJmHVEptH2S4kHjH44YDiLZ64qCtLRCTidS5lijk9fogmUdN7Jr8amThfgLyXrWGU8l2jwhga5wdBY/s320/20210918_194934.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>TEN years ago, we were going to Montreal to see Jamie play football, and I saw that SNC were playing there that night. I bought tickets - and then the "passport disaster" struck. We lost our passports in our move to our new house, and we not only missed the game and the weekend in Montreal, we missed the show!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Needless to say, when I saw that they were back on tour, and going to be in Vermont, I jumped right in and bought tickets. Since Rutland, VT is about 2 1/2 hours away, I thought we'd make a short weekend of it, see some of the sights, and stay overnight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our first stop was the "Four Aces Diner" in East Lebanon, NH (right on the border of NH and VT). Typical yummy diner breakfast - and Tag not only had an appetizer (a popover, which, to be fair, he shared with me) he also had his entree and a dessert! (Piece of strawberry/rhubarb pie).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We got into Rutland, which was a bit of a disappoitment to me. It's not a cute little picturesque Vermont town......it was busy with pretty much no ambiance. However my research showed that there was the Chaffee Art Center, and they were having an outdoor art show and barn sale.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3M2uv0XS26EJKjgu19NHdiG_-0WQz8zWIir85zNtkb3A0bN_OPTrhteZEn1qKBdwdQLciRuJhmFGl7FGAoMQOfJH8eSo4XkJED9mqyMnHGf-ZP8YYRqi7SqsMHR5NaiJnU7nvqktn5fE/s2048/20210918_114405+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1222" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3M2uv0XS26EJKjgu19NHdiG_-0WQz8zWIir85zNtkb3A0bN_OPTrhteZEn1qKBdwdQLciRuJhmFGl7FGAoMQOfJH8eSo4XkJED9mqyMnHGf-ZP8YYRqi7SqsMHR5NaiJnU7nvqktn5fE/s320/20210918_114405+%25282%2529.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately their "art show" consisted of two people, and the "barn sale" was leftovers from a yard sale! Thankfully the Art Center itself was in a beautiful old house - I think I enjoyed the architecture more than the art show!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEM4eRBLsiXDcLVbZE5DQLF7BcqW4nQ1Ee4yD1BNJeUUgA-tv_bgqCY3kCTy8Tw8QGs8n-RVO83isUM65dd0qCPwCvG7wFghnfYIHJWiv95jCdT7pRCteu884-uNxWxn1iMoEd0-z1UrM/s2048/20210918_114409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEM4eRBLsiXDcLVbZE5DQLF7BcqW4nQ1Ee4yD1BNJeUUgA-tv_bgqCY3kCTy8Tw8QGs8n-RVO83isUM65dd0qCPwCvG7wFghnfYIHJWiv95jCdT7pRCteu884-uNxWxn1iMoEd0-z1UrM/s320/20210918_114409.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The floors were all gorgeous parquet - I wish I'd taken some close up photos of those!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswfOpG7ayyiuyrNFSGDsa5pJa9w4sfm4DOoGhTAcWHD7RMjAoItXF-u4HxyvCEPOH0ss2gooZILumAUtcmiGfOyYeLizF5xSV6_WHOInNpqp7stthMKVqlJZi9NipsuGm9YmPGBgRHdQ/s2048/20210918_115000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswfOpG7ayyiuyrNFSGDsa5pJa9w4sfm4DOoGhTAcWHD7RMjAoItXF-u4HxyvCEPOH0ss2gooZILumAUtcmiGfOyYeLizF5xSV6_WHOInNpqp7stthMKVqlJZi9NipsuGm9YmPGBgRHdQ/s320/20210918_115000.jpg" width="240" /></a><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">There was some very intersting artwork!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YxJ_sJRkFPR4u9JIWB4m6N5GlJFewJlcysomHdyfuQwx9mUXnV9rE71dRegbJt0zF3WeRLs1Q7QearC9DhX3-xf3AjN72Pxbd-SoWxoCCfx6Czr2eONAV_1Ku7cFTEVDKolX7KxMWZQ/s2048/20210918_120800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YxJ_sJRkFPR4u9JIWB4m6N5GlJFewJlcysomHdyfuQwx9mUXnV9rE71dRegbJt0zF3WeRLs1Q7QearC9DhX3-xf3AjN72Pxbd-SoWxoCCfx6Czr2eONAV_1Ku7cFTEVDKolX7KxMWZQ/s320/20210918_120800.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQhkwJyCbKrObER7I9tjxqBJOSFsAQpC0g5R8KaeQhzhwIEFTEa1hK7WftdjQLrBGknUD0oAmJtR-KTE8qhVGHhj3o9hjyplKTVkZsRkFLExrER6-q0UxeGtd2tV7mKI3g8Asm1ood4M/s2048/20210918_120910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQhkwJyCbKrObER7I9tjxqBJOSFsAQpC0g5R8KaeQhzhwIEFTEa1hK7WftdjQLrBGknUD0oAmJtR-KTE8qhVGHhj3o9hjyplKTVkZsRkFLExrER6-q0UxeGtd2tV7mKI3g8Asm1ood4M/s320/20210918_120910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpC86015xzgWZ3CmD7zTWzdEa7Sxsc7xvvOqrYIC8vS6ffAcc2UCgVykLQkbbZQT6JIe0C-wcPENCs2qapzmzuyF1vzys-URyfVAqwE-psjJACBMpSQxWcZSanOv9ePIIYkILSNodZyY/s2048/20210918_120811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpC86015xzgWZ3CmD7zTWzdEa7Sxsc7xvvOqrYIC8vS6ffAcc2UCgVykLQkbbZQT6JIe0C-wcPENCs2qapzmzuyF1vzys-URyfVAqwE-psjJACBMpSQxWcZSanOv9ePIIYkILSNodZyY/s320/20210918_120811.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our next stop was the Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont. We had been to his museum in Stockbridge, MA several times, and were curious to see what this one was all about. We were quite surprised to see a "50% off" sign on the front of the building. It turns out the woman who owns the collection is selling the building and trying to sell the collection as a whole, so it seems like it was a good time for us to go see it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This museum did not have any of his original work, but rather was a collection of all his works from 1910 through 1978. It included the first painting he ever did, as an illustration in a book, to his last piece. It was set up in chronological order, and must have had thousands of pieces. I was always impressed with the amount of work he produced, but I never had any idea he did so many ads, magazine covers (besides the Post) and portraits. It was truly amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA79u0tjcM8LqcgTwZaI1SpgRnXvixzKDHb8V7KPqYmT7htcaJn3COKDIbKeZaTxIAGW0-EY8WoTv05iPIOWdjrjUgqhXL6CGX5yB70Guaw-4wiicqm413-kpS_as0oLVy3jscWCnJTP0/s2048/20210918_123538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA79u0tjcM8LqcgTwZaI1SpgRnXvixzKDHb8V7KPqYmT7htcaJn3COKDIbKeZaTxIAGW0-EY8WoTv05iPIOWdjrjUgqhXL6CGX5yB70Guaw-4wiicqm413-kpS_as0oLVy3jscWCnJTP0/s320/20210918_123538.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_ySSl_0zENdCp3FqfnFfXneEVvhGd2QmMso7Wy1nXks0siZ4gsyF6b1FSmNEdNoypfKSFByEJplhzsVTEWstJLwyZiPGk9q1fl6ylWnhbExUBOYxaUpdMCUQ9TVMdGJUxT39w-ke4Ug/s2048/20210918_134341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_ySSl_0zENdCp3FqfnFfXneEVvhGd2QmMso7Wy1nXks0siZ4gsyF6b1FSmNEdNoypfKSFByEJplhzsVTEWstJLwyZiPGk9q1fl6ylWnhbExUBOYxaUpdMCUQ9TVMdGJUxT39w-ke4Ug/s320/20210918_134341.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XOc_3ibxMhyphenhyphenERRWWHy6P2Q5DPou86_VJn9Jdff3ZqEfHGO2R5hD02XClGKVhModAH9AtlHV5rRrbPs7Hhl7HTbjCvYpQc0ag0aWHGApFmP4NtoeEaNWFSaoaN9yxnAY6AGSEnwJ92JQ/s2048/20210918_134345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XOc_3ibxMhyphenhyphenERRWWHy6P2Q5DPou86_VJn9Jdff3ZqEfHGO2R5hD02XClGKVhModAH9AtlHV5rRrbPs7Hhl7HTbjCvYpQc0ag0aWHGApFmP4NtoeEaNWFSaoaN9yxnAY6AGSEnwJ92JQ/s320/20210918_134345.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We still had some time before check-in, so we went to the "Historical District" which was the walking area of downtown. Again, not impressed......kind of seedy, run down, and half the store fronts were empty. But.....of course, when we found a parking space, it was right in front of this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y_-W-77B53oc3cWpf-JH1Wv-stZVEdIGOVpJ-8E_VDtLIrF8oVcE54ID4S9IxL_BK9qTqttawUl_pwkMu2aJ0E7ND3yAD_VnyHxhCVSO1_EALgoSJWSYRiwH-rLgIjpzaQeHDHaoWLc/s2048/20210918_140945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y_-W-77B53oc3cWpf-JH1Wv-stZVEdIGOVpJ-8E_VDtLIrF8oVcE54ID4S9IxL_BK9qTqttawUl_pwkMu2aJ0E7ND3yAD_VnyHxhCVSO1_EALgoSJWSYRiwH-rLgIjpzaQeHDHaoWLc/s320/20210918_140945.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yup! A used record store! Hubby was thrilled....and proceeded to go inside and find 2 good records for his next "Vinyl Night". I think he's bought used records on every single trip we've ever taken!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time for us to go check in at the Holiday Inn. I must say, this place won't be getting a good review from me......I'll leave it at that. The only good thing was that, although the website said the pool and hot tub were closed, they were open. And being the good Girl Scout that I am, I came prepared with a bathing suit just in case!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So after a nice swim, and soak in the hot tub, we set off for dinner. I had made reservations at a place called Table 24, but on our excursion downtown I was not happy with the looks of it, and we saw this place right across from the theater, so we had dinner there:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpwXKEeq7UPgziYMbILRFllHIen5Emsoyw-1Wk5psYRyk510l9tpUXsK50-7QDpzK-g47_GRU9bcy4QTxWLsa-i5NVRzpjI-4dZTBoQo2jx_az-ZhKOfEvC6K4tX7pRIYuG0QswLkmrg/s2048/20210918_190227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpwXKEeq7UPgziYMbILRFllHIen5Emsoyw-1Wk5psYRyk510l9tpUXsK50-7QDpzK-g47_GRU9bcy4QTxWLsa-i5NVRzpjI-4dZTBoQo2jx_az-ZhKOfEvC6K4tX7pRIYuG0QswLkmrg/s320/20210918_190227.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally the reason for our visit! The show was in the Paramount Theater, which was an old-fashioned style place where we sat in the balcony. Straight No Chaser was absolutely fantastic! Well worth the trip and I really, really want to go see them again! Very impressed with the show!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9Gt01k4YcmM1YkI21vHBdJ2NkwUMxHpAGB6sAamPXsNqXfsJaX5_IAvDk3tGk6jpV5FM-6lO5D3_V80Qbbr7WH8hBTrZ39G4Vqj4j3N5cPMsPD-XjMTGT2YGnx9U2BdjzxXHx1lOl2k/s2048/20210918_201710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9Gt01k4YcmM1YkI21vHBdJ2NkwUMxHpAGB6sAamPXsNqXfsJaX5_IAvDk3tGk6jpV5FM-6lO5D3_V80Qbbr7WH8hBTrZ39G4Vqj4j3N5cPMsPD-XjMTGT2YGnx9U2BdjzxXHx1lOl2k/s320/20210918_201710.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tried to upload the short snippet of video I took, but it wouldn't go, so I'll post it another way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks, Hubby, for always going along with my crazy ideas. 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But the place has the requisite pool and hot tub, so that's where we decided to go for just one night.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6i7b4rvGz4jdlSp_tKfU2ojvfAojdK2t5GkiRXT_ULz7Yv9psjEViThyrZZAC6QHnpP84kWkb9kPbad42YlMevK4j2U1lAZVdIEnlXD2jlFFCDNgHlZFDAdk7RxqCdc_HpFron2xVkc/s2048/20210214_100927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6i7b4rvGz4jdlSp_tKfU2ojvfAojdK2t5GkiRXT_ULz7Yv9psjEViThyrZZAC6QHnpP84kWkb9kPbad42YlMevK4j2U1lAZVdIEnlXD2jlFFCDNgHlZFDAdk7RxqCdc_HpFron2xVkc/s320/20210214_100927.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An important consideration is always food....as in, I don't have to cook it! We left Saturday morning and stopped up the road in Londonderry at the Bacon Barn. We had never been there before...I can't imagine why. Because it was a cute hole-in-the-wall sort of place, which suits us just fine. The food was absolutely delicious! Belgian Waffle with blueberries for Hubby, bacon eggs benedict for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2B-yDMEc6MTSIXDBf4NdK4QmjrjFhSWKyLg1bTS5UiW5DYGgStUUrPguObz1uN85BGzeimXRMqGy_gKYiZ4eZlopbbqkFncCDouZPjMB8HYova7hyphenhyphenlCtRypJbdErBunBQyNW5JYZNBPI/s235/bacon+barn.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2B-yDMEc6MTSIXDBf4NdK4QmjrjFhSWKyLg1bTS5UiW5DYGgStUUrPguObz1uN85BGzeimXRMqGy_gKYiZ4eZlopbbqkFncCDouZPjMB8HYova7hyphenhyphenlCtRypJbdErBunBQyNW5JYZNBPI/s0/bacon+barn.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our yummy breakfast, we headed north. Originally we were planning to go to the Christa McCauliffe Planetarium in Concord. They were re-opening that day after being closed for massive renovations. I had bought tickets and everything - then got an email saying they decided to move their opening date to March 5. Hell and damnation!!! There isn't a heck of a lot of places that are open right now, but I found the NH Guild of Craftsmen had a place on Main St. in Concord, so we went there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Believe it or not, I have been living in NH for 37 years, and I have never seen the State House in Concord. So it was fun to do a little sight-seeing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUC587V5Qbu4vb8x_0cGoQ_95md5XV9KmFMjhMgTyF753Bou2NI12yXWDdG97Q-fPoB8X_2HCke9ek7Ptome187-zpcwNLZokrQmxcT1_H26-umQr6032Vkjg6cuZx8PniklI6XRu-wEw/s2048/20210213_120513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUC587V5Qbu4vb8x_0cGoQ_95md5XV9KmFMjhMgTyF753Bou2NI12yXWDdG97Q-fPoB8X_2HCke9ek7Ptome187-zpcwNLZokrQmxcT1_H26-umQr6032Vkjg6cuZx8PniklI6XRu-wEw/s320/20210213_120513.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Artists Guild was a bit of a disappointment....same old stuff we'd seen at many other places. But Hubby remembered a record store he'd been to (of course!) so we stopped in there for a short visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Continuing north, I felt like it wasn't possible to be in that area without going to the Chaos and Kindness Store in Laconia. We had a a little fun there and Hubby bought me a new shirt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYD_OE9VDEBpbo-NRHAj2pgxWRcu_ezs6BInjQh597uezPC9n89wxKDtEZIGyWIVUxlM5sdJzC1e5e8c2BcNlS7Mgdve4ML0ctTf9J6MWDnPcmA2ZhzdPcN7KNv7AtiyK6E9fb8HRhnEY/s2048/20210213_140323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYD_OE9VDEBpbo-NRHAj2pgxWRcu_ezs6BInjQh597uezPC9n89wxKDtEZIGyWIVUxlM5sdJzC1e5e8c2BcNlS7Mgdve4ML0ctTf9J6MWDnPcmA2ZhzdPcN7KNv7AtiyK6E9fb8HRhnEY/s320/20210213_140323.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOXHj-eEKko6vbKKMMOCi2-x4cOHYAYxWb8SJ7S_PEp7ItPkR2NNYIdXV6HhRAcK-afIwSiiTGehJu3Sy82srDVLWvP2aaFvXTgx_FOfGfU6QRGHyIYH5ol36uGbPmjMJsXXwYzpuusM/s2048/20210213_140338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOXHj-eEKko6vbKKMMOCi2-x4cOHYAYxWb8SJ7S_PEp7ItPkR2NNYIdXV6HhRAcK-afIwSiiTGehJu3Sy82srDVLWvP2aaFvXTgx_FOfGfU6QRGHyIYH5ol36uGbPmjMJsXXwYzpuusM/s320/20210213_140338.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_D2yIwQ02reqVBDi4NZ2RRmufjLvj-Ew0vj6gWj2tDPMety6x20XWZYIUM0ms-CITbeYT0a0esy_OViS0nDIkXtYGt7BBgMEjGSwUF2sC6aDrmkE-07dJ31Bx7SN_n97RPuFl3r_VA4/s2048/20210213_140423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_D2yIwQ02reqVBDi4NZ2RRmufjLvj-Ew0vj6gWj2tDPMety6x20XWZYIUM0ms-CITbeYT0a0esy_OViS0nDIkXtYGt7BBgMEjGSwUF2sC6aDrmkE-07dJ31Bx7SN_n97RPuFl3r_VA4/s320/20210213_140423.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRwLCWRPhmg4QOEBunqH-zzw5vX9m7sc7AX3_QCDhLdCqnCao9Do0az2IZFQVuBwFFzBHKIf2czBfGd8ghRXx67TVxpM9id61377snRV_zzoyOLT1l8OgcWFAa5tVw8ZAozUQDn9lKXE/s2048/20210213_140433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRwLCWRPhmg4QOEBunqH-zzw5vX9m7sc7AX3_QCDhLdCqnCao9Do0az2IZFQVuBwFFzBHKIf2czBfGd8ghRXx67TVxpM9id61377snRV_zzoyOLT1l8OgcWFAa5tVw8ZAozUQDn9lKXE/s320/20210213_140433.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From there we made it up to Plymouth. We got to the room about 3pm . Everything in the place was made from wood....very rustic and lots of doo-dads to see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigo9n17fb4JsG2KGcEiHpC34p6tz3nJx5peG1jLNgSaYjgSkN4zFY92gZ_GbwUVMQpuBQNjXEm_cfq1e8u11Aa9NQew9Q_QgDS0NR2hNvvuSUuBawV0FUoqeq2H83Ly4R8CCl8EtlqWMw/s2048/20210214_090313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigo9n17fb4JsG2KGcEiHpC34p6tz3nJx5peG1jLNgSaYjgSkN4zFY92gZ_GbwUVMQpuBQNjXEm_cfq1e8u11Aa9NQew9Q_QgDS0NR2hNvvuSUuBawV0FUoqeq2H83Ly4R8CCl8EtlqWMw/s320/20210214_090313.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We immediately hit the pool and hot-tub. It was described to us as being "first-come, first-serve", meaning if there was someone else in the area, we'd have to wait. Luckily for us, when we got there a family with a young child was just leaving the pool area. We swam for a while and some young men came in to use the hot tub. When we noticed they were sitting on the edge because they were too hot, we offered to switch with them and we had our turn in the hot tub.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For dinner, we went to the Italian Farmhouse, which is owned by the Common Man. I was worried about us getting in since it was the Saturday night before Valentine's Day, and rightly so. The wait was an hour....unless we wanted to sit at a high-top table in the bar? Sure, why not! We had drinks and a lovely meal. The food at the Common Man is always excellent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to the Inn and back in the pool and hot tub! This time no one was around so we stayed as long as we wanted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For breakfast in the morning they offered an Continental breakfast with one hot dish. I was disappointed that it was the typical hotel breakfast with cold scrambled eggs. We usually don't bother with hotel breakfasts, but I had another plan for lunch and didn't want to ruin our appetites anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did, however, sit in the little living room with the fireplace and we played chess on this most unusual chess board! (I won!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKv0ftmoW2sjLV3M4MaXzspkKwZM03cjYUbdChAvMtORVcRrxP2xV08WyiIeEkXUybNOvkQ-AIfHKfuS4fugTui1AS0lNq-w-dMAdOdhk981ETiRWuGgSbPTjwlYtgraJlLenaq9O3rc/s2048/20210214_100742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKv0ftmoW2sjLV3M4MaXzspkKwZM03cjYUbdChAvMtORVcRrxP2xV08WyiIeEkXUybNOvkQ-AIfHKfuS4fugTui1AS0lNq-w-dMAdOdhk981ETiRWuGgSbPTjwlYtgraJlLenaq9O3rc/s320/20210214_100742.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnIFNUgE73vGQ8gLkeUzyAru0LsFeZtB83ulroommMJd6HL1i1ZlKwJAq3VW4tNx7qpMHCerLWaHGCKaOmPyt10HV_LcvfYxSFM8PdqQB7Kxy3iNwUsQnEAXKgU6KqIMxd2Ms29nPSuM/s2048/20210214_100750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnIFNUgE73vGQ8gLkeUzyAru0LsFeZtB83ulroommMJd6HL1i1ZlKwJAq3VW4tNx7qpMHCerLWaHGCKaOmPyt10HV_LcvfYxSFM8PdqQB7Kxy3iNwUsQnEAXKgU6KqIMxd2Ms29nPSuM/s320/20210214_100750.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We left the inn and went a little further north to Moltonborough, where they have the oldest continuously running country store in the country. The place was huge, with room after room of stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4MMdb5cLpj8DfqD8AydhZ426KzAfYTYX0-BKhlSFmcjNSl3C_4RgqqE7Dd7TTEl2u1lEIh4NylwS97h2FWyRdzWAZP5T5_lk7XVZ1cWbVaW7Td267sSvNV4liso5f3EyiVsXlLeNsLg/s276/old+country+store.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4MMdb5cLpj8DfqD8AydhZ426KzAfYTYX0-BKhlSFmcjNSl3C_4RgqqE7Dd7TTEl2u1lEIh4NylwS97h2FWyRdzWAZP5T5_lk7XVZ1cWbVaW7Td267sSvNV4liso5f3EyiVsXlLeNsLg/s0/old+country+store.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pickle barrels.....both sour and dill.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67FET1reSfinVEXI4i7fcTUfIPZQFZ0OC4taaO-Bo4k3ZhU8js74NyoxEtkVRAI9tu2tjFlV5v8KxRv06S2Qq2dJ_rXAkHbnKKhyvN7xjGFA6gsBqGbzgfD7LsWa7-42VatGbVhxaUKA/s2048/20210214_110139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67FET1reSfinVEXI4i7fcTUfIPZQFZ0OC4taaO-Bo4k3ZhU8js74NyoxEtkVRAI9tu2tjFlV5v8KxRv06S2Qq2dJ_rXAkHbnKKhyvN7xjGFA6gsBqGbzgfD7LsWa7-42VatGbVhxaUKA/s320/20210214_110139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wood stove warming the place up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFni2WO6W_uBimyZ1UuxqfZY5bUwEmz_zW-ah33KDQ_5qQ4IVshKGcdncKABOCJpxkigqTROZNM141-ps2DQPFGfTO7gLbTFWv4sUN3_LcbAXYaxIrimM0amTL86m3EngM-U_Q7TPeBs/s2048/20210214_110144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFni2WO6W_uBimyZ1UuxqfZY5bUwEmz_zW-ah33KDQ_5qQ4IVshKGcdncKABOCJpxkigqTROZNM141-ps2DQPFGfTO7gLbTFWv4sUN3_LcbAXYaxIrimM0amTL86m3EngM-U_Q7TPeBs/s320/20210214_110144.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cabinet made into a cooler for drinks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRc2RQRAdMZVbnUmewsSW0ZpQxXXQNFMdbt9h1sGhqhGv-73jh4EaTZXJ0j7RQfJYU_oCz4Bh7xEkXpLe5vm5wn3aZjwW8VBJ5OmWqGoUUrrkFfBzAQ_PI2eMRUIzbOF0lhYBR_J0u1Q0/s2048/20210214_110228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRc2RQRAdMZVbnUmewsSW0ZpQxXXQNFMdbt9h1sGhqhGv-73jh4EaTZXJ0j7RQfJYU_oCz4Bh7xEkXpLe5vm5wn3aZjwW8VBJ5OmWqGoUUrrkFfBzAQ_PI2eMRUIzbOF0lhYBR_J0u1Q0/s320/20210214_110228.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And from there we went to Meredith to have lunch at Hart's Turkey Farm. This restaurant lived up to its good name. We had a delicious lunch with home-made mashed potatoes and some amazing butternut squash. We thought about spending some time in Meredith because they have a sculpture walk in the downtown area, but it was very cold out. So we decided to save that for another, warmer time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a lovely Valentine's Day with my sweetheart!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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Just getting outside, away from eveyrone and everything, and spending time with Hubby was the balm I needed during a stressful time.</p><p>So on this beautiful November Sunday, instead of walking in the woods, we headed up to the beaches of Maine. First - over one of my favorite bridges....the Piscataqua River Bridge, which conncets New Hampshire to Maine on Route 95.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXBRvNgRA7rInqTnvX4SAqWUx9ZLsT12GcJ4ciOD1iEkA8vdvO7YAothjSwIxbtz50v7Wv9xCQ-iBlXOyFP_bZGlSjmCwy4wzbcw63VE89ZvpPvRg-Nw_vRe5k_Q4_xXhvhCnR_IYcy4/s2048/20201108_122309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXBRvNgRA7rInqTnvX4SAqWUx9ZLsT12GcJ4ciOD1iEkA8vdvO7YAothjSwIxbtz50v7Wv9xCQ-iBlXOyFP_bZGlSjmCwy4wzbcw63VE89ZvpPvRg-Nw_vRe5k_Q4_xXhvhCnR_IYcy4/s320/20201108_122309.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeypYKDlH5N_4OmW_MGCrMYtSovM8SPlocIchTtVU6RbmZWLSmz7Q0ff34Qw78le59y0QgOfvxZyRHqlg7l-1dCYnVCfoFM_kxAkaX6F6_D-3V7gp1RnxyJs5tloRu0ZGndOq9kh7fCHM/s2048/20201108_122313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeypYKDlH5N_4OmW_MGCrMYtSovM8SPlocIchTtVU6RbmZWLSmz7Q0ff34Qw78le59y0QgOfvxZyRHqlg7l-1dCYnVCfoFM_kxAkaX6F6_D-3V7gp1RnxyJs5tloRu0ZGndOq9kh7fCHM/s320/20201108_122313.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Usually we head straight for Route 1A to head into York, Maine. But this time we decided to go even more back-roadish and we took Route 103. We've passed Fort McLary before, but never stopped in. But since it's Date Day (by definition, a day of exploration and adventure) we stopped in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMYT2ybmMCVm_WWxotIMq61pnF4MyUnP5xRK73ZXq5gBTC1fGT9qXsyvml8XztNZaOLOipiiwFc0p-KFjYDs9zOPqWiojaDA0Uc8KGfRaoJcOq33WIfQfRQCkaMUf6N9DPVZJHw1eLZs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMYT2ybmMCVm_WWxotIMq61pnF4MyUnP5xRK73ZXq5gBTC1fGT9qXsyvml8XztNZaOLOipiiwFc0p-KFjYDs9zOPqWiojaDA0Uc8KGfRaoJcOq33WIfQfRQCkaMUf6N9DPVZJHw1eLZs/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fort, of course, had a lovely view of the ocean.</div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This is a lovely park and beach in York, Maine. There is a nice grassy, hilly park area at the top with plenty of space to spread out a picnic lunch or relax in the shade. And there's also a beautiful little beach at the bottom of the hill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did put toes in the water.....yes! it was cold!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw_hmB5Tu5xJK2iKFj56-AjD0lgmgAKc6dKJOgF8770PisfxHQ0a1UMSrovH-SHFt_3iOwEvddZMgxWijCMjirtYPxmothj6Qyph5OmSJ3AbPafUIbxmei3_FZnkOCJeWGlV6Y-FMcC8/s2048/20201108_132531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw_hmB5Tu5xJK2iKFj56-AjD0lgmgAKc6dKJOgF8770PisfxHQ0a1UMSrovH-SHFt_3iOwEvddZMgxWijCMjirtYPxmothj6Qyph5OmSJ3AbPafUIbxmei3_FZnkOCJeWGlV6Y-FMcC8/s320/20201108_132531.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfNM5CODrzHF0KyxUSjMHIK_We-792uscva-SkmihyphenhyphenF3FDE568m59SRh9mK7GhBnl-puNB3P38H9gV_8p4r12Zu5-xK0pTMZP7kSIuF7o6IglbkHh-CgA23ph7mLsjJOsSBSc5hctqqs/s2048/20201108_133222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfNM5CODrzHF0KyxUSjMHIK_We-792uscva-SkmihyphenhyphenF3FDE568m59SRh9mK7GhBnl-puNB3P38H9gV_8p4r12Zu5-xK0pTMZP7kSIuF7o6IglbkHh-CgA23ph7mLsjJOsSBSc5hctqqs/s320/20201108_133222.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8O-qpFGoeTY08XaVV4_AOG1_9DbtOb0aKdn8rMVy2zIvcBQoAMGrj0m2_RLtSJhWlwExFde3l9jz3JDcuPZ8Ogdyhe4N6ioJEYVEqGjUQh-ILGPOgHzSJYtzIbpE2crbQd4ojZwR322k/s2048/20201108_133525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8O-qpFGoeTY08XaVV4_AOG1_9DbtOb0aKdn8rMVy2zIvcBQoAMGrj0m2_RLtSJhWlwExFde3l9jz3JDcuPZ8Ogdyhe4N6ioJEYVEqGjUQh-ILGPOgHzSJYtzIbpE2crbQd4ojZwR322k/s320/20201108_133525.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxG0Cc33hVPNtmWcXyl4pL_P3NwvOCqFrwfWuv-XaofkdegydLrLUFh79oxxRb3nj8zRZDablPFqTIB0X58hrkJvMrLNY6uJwVE3G3I2jO5y0Pr1MmAy2oCvFEVTfR9YPu-PK2dTXcfWk/s2048/20201108_133913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxG0Cc33hVPNtmWcXyl4pL_P3NwvOCqFrwfWuv-XaofkdegydLrLUFh79oxxRb3nj8zRZDablPFqTIB0X58hrkJvMrLNY6uJwVE3G3I2jO5y0Pr1MmAy2oCvFEVTfR9YPu-PK2dTXcfWk/s320/20201108_133913.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were people wearing eveything from bathing suits to winter coats and hats! There were people sunbathing and there were a few hardy children testing out the water. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Continuing up Route 1A, we stopped at Long Beach in York, then of course had to stop at Nubble Lighthouse and take the obligatory photo. (We must have dozens of them! In fact, there is a photo out there somewhere - I will have to find it - of myself, Mom and Dad and my siblings at Nubble back in 1967 or so.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7eWp6UxxbtVo4vZ4siTY-3aX6_jwOSgLiE0Au1pmt0HyCoSE2k1kG18-oxQAcsFlMbpvGTG-YBj_nxGu2-jjUeqT-sHI383FKJEI3HJdoark01kwj8PKeWgbr19hfmRBjInsX5AFybI/s2048/20201108_142413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7eWp6UxxbtVo4vZ4siTY-3aX6_jwOSgLiE0Au1pmt0HyCoSE2k1kG18-oxQAcsFlMbpvGTG-YBj_nxGu2-jjUeqT-sHI383FKJEI3HJdoark01kwj8PKeWgbr19hfmRBjInsX5AFybI/s320/20201108_142413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLrUsLGvy4tdzt1ToYjlY6SIzyscglrzV_VQQVhKl6LfUmvAmg-DlbF79AHmx3uj5WDSze0dcCF6Z9a6ldq8i2XRMUNc3qWTYkET3btuUsgDT-bJEwgHoYJTSTQYSSuzljm9y_WF4Jwk/s2048/20201108_142445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLrUsLGvy4tdzt1ToYjlY6SIzyscglrzV_VQQVhKl6LfUmvAmg-DlbF79AHmx3uj5WDSze0dcCF6Z9a6ldq8i2XRMUNc3qWTYkET3btuUsgDT-bJEwgHoYJTSTQYSSuzljm9y_WF4Jwk/s320/20201108_142445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfUxYR2eRps3KSX5HILI2PpnB0EsRswR8cbo871W6iBeVSXGGSSikhW6BDhjGzY0g5hcF1PrznN43KHJlH13vNH7qx1VxgpvvLLYyDIBmtDCIP1yfbyiHFbpLjlpf7ZOPooBjoHcK5zs/s2048/20201108_142631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfUxYR2eRps3KSX5HILI2PpnB0EsRswR8cbo871W6iBeVSXGGSSikhW6BDhjGzY0g5hcF1PrznN43KHJlH13vNH7qx1VxgpvvLLYyDIBmtDCIP1yfbyiHFbpLjlpf7ZOPooBjoHcK5zs/s320/20201108_142631.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOaCQKy06QBxR0OZ9_2BvDim43todMquL-2l7pH3qXPkc9qOUL76NXdkBohgto3u_XfOPPe_8A0M4_81YkaJxxWjJmGTfPLIQpiLx-5_Qaiett7tuP7EsVC_uErjGyzc6sza9HwOYnVw/s2048/20201108_143411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOaCQKy06QBxR0OZ9_2BvDim43todMquL-2l7pH3qXPkc9qOUL76NXdkBohgto3u_XfOPPe_8A0M4_81YkaJxxWjJmGTfPLIQpiLx-5_Qaiett7tuP7EsVC_uErjGyzc6sza9HwOYnVw/s320/20201108_143411.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All along the way, we had been searching for ice cream. Everything was closed! C'mon Maine - keep those ice cream stands open year round!! We took a quick swing into Perkin's Cove because there is an ice cream place there (closed). But we chose not to walk along the Marginal Way - it's a very narrow path and we would have had to keep our masks on the entire time. 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But it was worth it to have toes in the water for (probably!) the last time this year. Being a New Englander (AND a Girl Scout!) I had socks and sneakers in the car to change into.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finished off our day by driving down Route 1 to Kittery and stopping at Bob's Clam Shack. We shared baskets of fried haddock and scallops. We came very close to eating outside....but it was getting dark (4:30!) and they had no outdoor heaters. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful Date Day with my Wonderful Hubby - Life is Good!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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Hubby and I usually take two or three small long-weekend vacations each year. It's a nice way to reconnect and relax from life's stress.<br />
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This year, being the "Year of Corona", we were unable to go on our planned trip to Canada with friends. We had skipped what had become our annual trip to The Essex Culinary Resort in January, naively thinking we would go sometime later in the year.<br />
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As places began opening up again, I felt the need to get away with Hubby. My colleague and friend, Marianne, had gone to a little B and B in NH, and said it was the best B and B she'd ever gone to. That's all I needed to hear!! <br />
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So Hubby and I went to the Follansbee Bed and Breakfast in North Sutton, NH. Not very far away....but a whole lot different than home!<br />
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We got there Friday early evening and couldn't wait to jump in the lake....literally! The inn is on Kezar Lake - a small but very lovely lake. The inn has some waterfront property.....no beach per-se, but a dock and a nice area including lots of chairs, a picnic table and a hammock.<br />
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We spent some serious time just sitting and contemplating the lake! After our swim, we checked with our host, Denis, for a good place to go and eat. He recommended the Flying Goose, a short drive up route 114. The food there was excellent! Although I was disappointed at not getting a table outside on the lawn.</div>
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Our Saturday morning breakfast at the Inn was wonderful. Fresh strawberries and pineapple, frittata with asparagus and Gruyere cheese, delicious soft breakfast roll with butter and jam, and a very interesting maple glazed bacon with pecans. They set up some outside seating, which they liked so much they decided they'd keep it. The innkeeper's helper came along and took our photo...maybe we'll make their web page!<br />
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We knew they offered the use of bicycles, so we checked with Denis about riding around the lake. He said, yes, there's a road all the way around, part of which goes through Wadleigh State Park. Despite some inclines (where I had to get off and walk the bike up!!) we had a very pleasant ride all the way around the lake.<br />
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Then it was back into bathing suits for a nice swim, relax and read for a bit on the beach, and then came my favorite part of the trip. The inn offers use of all kinds of boats - kayaks, canoes, paddle boards and pedal boat. We chose to go out in a double kayak.<br />
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Once we were in we were very comfortable paddling around. We had heard that there was an island everyone called Blueberry Island that was laden with fresh blueberries. We headed there and sure enough we were able to pick several handfuls of fresh New Hampshire blueberries! Yum!<br />
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We continued around the lake to the other side of the island where we'd been told there was an inlet. After trying to kayak our way through a bunch of reeds, we finally found the opening to the inlet where we kayaked for about 10 minutes through absolutely silent waters to a defunct beaver dam where we turned around and went back. On the rest of our cruise around the lake, we saw a mommy and daddy Loon and their baby!<br />
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Hubby and I continued our annual tradition of visiting the New England Aquarium for Valentine's Day. This started when Hubby and I were first married, and he planned a day in Boston at the Aquarium for me because he knows how much I love my penguins!</div>
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I was very sorry to see that the Little Blue Penguins were gone from the aquarium. Thank goodness these guys are still there!</div>
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This diver is trying to feed the fish. The manta rays were the most aggressive. They wouldn't leave her alone! Later on, there's a place where you can lean over and pat the Manta Rays in a special shallow tank. I've done it many times before....but this time one of them flipped me off and soaked me from head to waist!</div>
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We had a wonderful time staying at the Marriott Longwharf Hotel right next door to the Aquarium. They have a lovely pool there. For supper, we hopped on the T and went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. (Another Boston tradition of ours.) </div>
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Hubby couldn't decide which Valentine Card said it best.....so he got me three!</div>
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On Saturday we went to the JFK Library. I had never been there before and always wanted to go. It seemed like a good idea on a day when it was frigidly cold outside....not a good day to walk around the city!</div>
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A congratulatory note send to the newly elected President from the sailors on the Japanese boat that sunk JFK's PT Boat.</div>
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My favorite band, Recycled Percussion, has branched out into a brand called Chaos and Kindness. Their idea is that, "In a world full of Chaos, be sure to spread some Kindness." </div>
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They began by creating a TV show where they go around to different people who need some Kindness and offer to do something, or donate something to make their life a little better. My friend Sylvie's nephew Jason was the first one depicted on the show. He had endured some devastating losses so they took him to the Superbowl! And it goes on from there. They have a foundation that takes donations at Christmastime and they buy a warehouse full of toys, where families can come, no questions asked, and let their child pick out a toy.</div>
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They decided recently to open a "Chaos and Kindness" store and experience. They chose the the town of Laconia, NH for two reasons. One is that Justin, the ringleader of the group, was born there. And second because Laconia needed a bit of a boost. So they chose the most run-down area in the hopes it might revive the town. Part of the goal as well is to use the store to show people a way of giving back to others.</div>
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Sylvie, her daughter Sara, granddaughter Maddie and I decided to brave the Chaos and go up to Laconia for the store Grand Opening. Justin always goes for the biggest, best, craziest events, so we were prepared for a huge crowd of people. They did a great job of having remote parking, and complimentary busses to bring you to the event. </div>
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We were delighted when we got there to have almost no line to get into the store. (although the line stretched down the sidewalk when we came out......good timing!)</div>
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The store is divided into 2 halves....Chaos and Kindness! Of course, the Chaos side is much more fun!</div>
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The floor is covered in confetti</div>
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The band found out that the building they bought had belonged to a gentleman named Henry who was well-known around town for always having candy in his pockets to give out to children. So in his honor, they have a huge bin of candy so children can take a piece for free.</div>
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Maddie and the big kid, Sylvie, sorting through for the best kind!</div>
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There are 100 etch-a-sketches on the wall for you to leave a picture or message.</div>
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Sara and I left messages.....mind said "I love Chaos"...upside down!</div>
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The bathrooms are unisex....one is Chaos and one is Kindness. The Kindness one is a normal bathroom...............</div>
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The Chaos side looks like this! Those are slinkies hanging from the ceiling!</div>
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On the Chaos side you can also make your own slime, play giant Jenga and Connect Four, play pinball, and paint a big piece of glass and then smash it!</div>
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The Kindness side of the store is much more sedate. Most of the merchandise is on that side. (I bought a "legalize Kindness" T-shirt) They do have a "Kindness Table" where you can sit and write a letter or draw a picture for whatever cause they are supporting that week . (ie..writing letters to the troops)</div>
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After visiting the store, we went down to the area where there were food trucks and the big stage set up for the concert. The band just bought a gigantic truck and had it pimped out in Chaos and Kindess decals. They'll use this truck to randomly drive around doing good deeds wherever they see the need.</div>
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The crowd got bigger as concert time approached. I believe they estimated over 10,000 people for the concert.</div>
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The concert was crazy and manic as usual!!! It was extra-fun for me because, despite their love for Chaos and Kindness, Sylvie and Sara had never seen Recycled Percussion play!!</div>
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